Thank you for submitting a sidewalk concern. The city will evaluate this sidewalk in the following weeks and follow-up on your request.

Thank you, much appreciated.

If I recall, some years back it was the property owners responsibility to have sidewalk installed and maintained. The sections of missing sidewalk occur for multiple reasons. There was once commercial lots on LaSalle. The BIGGER issue is that cars still exceed the speed limit because the adjoining streets have speed bumps and parents going to the schools are negligent about the 25MPH limit. There needs to be more signs and speed bumps installed and or speed monitors. There was one recently installed in Turnberry for this very reason.

Thanks for the information, Tom. We just moved to MI from IL last fall, so we're still getting used to "you're lucky to have pavement on your street." Hopefully we're not trying to be too "fancy" by asking for a sidewalk that actually goes the entire length of the block ;) I know better than to even ask for the bumps and potholes on the north end of La Salle to be repaired. 2 blocks over on Pittsview Drive they'd love to have bumpy pavement rather than a dirt road in front of their house. Not sure if I'll ever understand that one, but life in MI / A2 is good, I guess we embrace it!

Actually, the residents on Pittsview and Charing Cross have lots that are twice as large as those on LaSalle - even though those are deep. The dirt roads are well maintained and add to the seclusion. Myself and several others prefer it that way. We have deer every evening and being closer to Mitchell-Scarlett Woods is an advantage.

I can certainly see the advantages, it was just one of those things I didn't really know about before moving here. Seems a little odd within city limits, but again, that's coming from an out-of-stater. Thanks again for the info and history, I really appreciate it.

James: Without going into detail I cannot document sufficiently, I CAN however tell you that this area was not always part of the City of Ann Arbor and may have been part of Pittsfield Township. The large residential development on the north side of Packard (across from our neighborhoods) was built when workers were needed for war-time production and a LOT of zoning and regulations were modified to speed that project along. The same impacted adjoining developments as farms were sold and subdivsions built. There were alleys, metal shops and special utilities all along LaSalle as well. It is fairly complicated. We were Pittsfield Twp. It's interesting to note that we were in 1950 incorporated as "East Ann Arbor." Reference: http://pittsfieldhistory.org/index.php?section=history&content=east_ann_arbor

Thanks Tom, some very interesting history there.

Hello Ann Arbor Admin. Back in December you said the situation would be evaluated "... in the following weeks and follow-up on your request." Curious if any evaluation was done. Thank you.

This has been identified as one of the gaps in the sidewalk system, but has not yet been specifically programmed as a capital project. The City has a prioritization system for sidewalk gaps, and a citizen request earns points in the prioritization system. Based on your request, the appropriate points will be allocated at this location.