Cape Coral improving pedestrian safety with sidewalk expansion

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School bus stops to pickup a young student. (CCSO photo)
School bus stops to pickup a young student. (CCSO photo)

Following the deaths of two young girls, the city of Cape Coral is adding multiple sidewalks in order to improve pedestrian safety.

Hundreds have rallied for the sidewalk expansion after Layla Aiken and Alana Tamline were killed in separate hit-and-run crashes this year.

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The city decides who gets the additional sidewalks and  where they go next.

If you click here you can view where the current sidewalks are now.

And if you click here you can view where the city plans to add new ones.

 

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