Sidewalk Shaving Maintenance Complete

Published on May 01, 2025

Annual sidewalk shaving maintenance of Zone 5 was completed in April 2025, addressing a total of 2,182 sidewalk hazards. Public Works performs annual sidewalk shaving in order to extend the life of sidewalks and eliminate tripping hazards. Sidewalk shaving involves "shaving down" vertical offsets up to two inches. This method of sidewalk improvement is an effective way to make sidewalks more accessible to all with minimal interruption to public access.

As of 2020, the City's sidewalks are divided into five Zones of similar size (Zone Map(PDF, 467KB)). The City conducts sidewalk shaving annually on one Zone per year.

Zone 1 (June 2021): 681 hazards addressed
Zone 2 (May/June 2022): 1,105 hazards addressed
Zone 3 (March/April 2023): 1,255 hazards addressed
Zone 4 (April 2024): 2,333 hazards addressed
Zone 5 (April 2025): 2,182 hazards addressed

More information can be found on the City's Sidewalks page.