The council plans to hold a public hearing on the issue during its regularly scheduled meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.

After the hearing, the council plans to bring the issue to a vote.
The Local Street Project will begin near the end of June and likely will be underway for the rest of the summer, Director of Public Works and Environmental Services Todd Sneathen said.

This year’s project includes work on Foxcroft Road, Bainbridge Drive, Rosewood Avenue, Cambria Drive, Smithfield Road, Harvard Road and Cowley Avenue.

The sidewalk repairs, which would have been completed with the broader Hazardous Sidewalk Program, likely will start earlier in the summer when their adjacent streets are repaired.

“It’s just more cost effective that way,” Councilmember Kevin Beard said. “We try to do that whenever we can.”

Residents who have deteriorated sidewalks close to their property might have to pay out-of-pocket. Although the city brunts repair costs for certain stretches, some owners whose trees have damaged sidewalks will be assessed a fee for the repair, Beard said.

The project’s entire sticker price runs at about $567,000.

Bob Scheuerman, an engineering administrator for the city of East Lansing, said the city has not received any complaints from nearby businesses, and he does not expect anyone to speak against the proposal at the hearing.

The Hazardous Sidewalk Program dates back to 1999 and since then has been active on and off depending on the budget climate. Other sidewalk renovations hopefully will begin this fall and be
completed by the spring of 2012, Scheuerman said.

“We’re trying to do it as money becomes available,” Scheuerman said.