Letters: Fixing what’s broken

Re “$3-billion proposal to repair Los Angeles streets advances,” Aug. 22

Your article says the city lacks a “comprehensive list of damaged sidewalks” and that officials say creating one would cost “$10 million and take three years. Los Angeles can’t borrow money to fix sidewalks until it can identify which ones are broken.”

I guarantee that every broken sidewalk has at least one resident or property or business owner who would love to report the damage and have it repaired.

Here’s my suggestion: Set up a working application so that residents can submit pictures and addresses of broken sidewalks to the designated agency. Then, allow 120 days for submission by residents and concerned citizens of all the broken sidewalks they can document. Last, fix the darned sidewalks.

Sarah Bagby
Los Angeles

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