Needham will be reviewing a Town wide sidewalk condition study being conducted by our consultant this fall. It is unlikely that the study will recommend installing a new sidewalk at this location.

Pine Village preschool is located on 4th ave. the kids would benefit from being able to walk on the riverside and learn from the trees and the birds they will see/hear. That is also why you should consider including cross walks in thenintersections of 4th ave and 2nd ave and 4th ave and nahanton st.

In addition, the residents of the builing in the cornwr of 4th ave would also benefit from having more recreational space to walk, jog, run and take their kids.

If no sidewalks will be added, please consider extending the walking/jugging trail and repair the sidewalk on the other side of the street.
If the goal is to make this zone less industrial, sidewalks, trails and bike lanes are a must.

Highway Assistant Superintendent assigned this issue to Highway Superintendent

The sidewalk study will provide a status report on the Town's sidewalk and handi-cap ramp network. After reviewing the information the Town will develop a prioritized repair plan for existing sidewalk and handi-cap ramps, where to add sections of sidewalk to better connect the network and where to remove low use sidewalk from the network.

There is a little path in the middle of 4th Ave (across from Partners Offices) that takes pedestrian closer to the river. However there is no safe way to get there. Pedestrians have to cross in the middle of 4th Ave there are nos pedestrian paths or crosswalks to take you there.

Your comments and request will be included in the sidewalk study.

The request will be reviewed as part of the town wide sidewalk study.

Thanks for fixing this issue!