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Sidewalk mishap hurts senior Print E-mail
Written by BERNICE TRICK
Citizen staff   
Friday, 16 May 2008
PINE CENTER
Sidewalk mishap hurts senior - Inga Andrade (IMG_0078.jpg - 1875611)
Inga Andrade (Citizen staff photo)
A Prince George senior citizen who was injured when she tripped on an uneven sidewalk is keen to inform city hall of the situation and make other pedestrians aware of the risk.
When Inga Andrade, 73, crossed Fourth Avenue onto Victoria Street this week, she tripped on an uneven part of the sidewalk she describes as being "ridgey" and fell hard.
The fall stunned her a little and she had trouble getting up until a couple driving by who saw her fall, stopped to help her and took her to emergency.
Andrade has a gash on her head that required six stitches, and has been left with a prominent black eye as well as a swollen and black and blue hand and arm.
"Why don't they fix the sidewalks. I'm sure I'm not the only elderly person that stumbles or trips on the uneven sidewalks? Seniors like to walk and lots of us don't drive anymore or can't afford a vehicle," said Andrade.
"When I came here 48 years ago from Berlin, Prince George was still a small community with still some wooden sidewalks, but it's a city now, and they need to care about the sidewalks and streets which are riddled with potholes,"
Ed Shearer, city supervisor of streets operation, said for the past three years the city has concentrated on improving sidewalks, especially in the downtown area where most of the foot traffic occurs.
"We've ground, patched and replaced as fast as we can with the budget given," said Shearer.
A pedestrian study done a few years ago determined that to bring the community up to today's city standards will cost about $30 million, he said.
"But we do respond to tripping reports, and we had a look at this one."
The city considers it a risk factor when the unevenness of a sidewalk is more than one inch, and this particular spot "is not that bad," he said.

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written by travhops , May 17, 2008 (02:05:43 AM)
The sidewalks are in terrible shape and are getting much worse. It's time for the city to start bringing PG up to standard. Go down from the hospital to Parkwood. It's a steep, narrow sidewalk that has so crumbled in portions I am always afraid my wheelchair tires will slip off, flipping me out into traffic. Take a walk up 5th Avenue, past A&W. Where exactly is tax money being spent? What exactly is first priority here?
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written by Andreaa , May 17, 2008 (07:23:05 AM)
Not that bad? Take a look at this woman. Mr. Shearer, you should be ashamed of yourself.
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Pathetic...
written by TRACY76 , May 17, 2008 (02:06:57 PM)
I find it UNBELIEVABLE that our city doesnt seem to care about our city...or its people! Especially our elderly.
Our roads, streets, higways and sidewalks are atrocious!
Driving down anywhere in this town is like driving an obsticle course! The drivers of PG look like drunks, swerving this way and that so as to avoid the gigantic craters!
The sidewalks dont seem to be any better. People prefer to walk or ride on the roads rather than walk the uneven, gapped paths. I've seen people with wheelchairs or scooters on the streets as well!
Prince George is supposed to be one of the bigger "cities" of the North..how come we look like some logger town? If I was a tourist I wouldn't want to come back here. How embarrassing
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written by Buddy , May 17, 2008 (03:45:08 PM)
She must have been a tough cookie not to have broken something. I do believe it was an accident and likely a stone in the wrong place would have tripped her up. The elderly don't have the balance they once had and they don't have the quicker reflexes to catch themselves before they go over. I think the city does the best they can with the money they have. They're busy paying the Anti idiling Ambassador so can't put all that money into sidewalks and the like.
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credit due...
written by allniter , May 18, 2008 (01:14:36 AM)
...to the couple driving by who stopped to help this lady and who took the time to take her to Emerg. Hats off to you :)
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Poor lady, I really feel for her
written by StraightUP , May 18, 2008 (11:10:33 PM)
But I dont get it! How can you 'cross 4th Avenue "onto" Victoria' ?

Do they mean to report she was crossing crossing 4th avenue "over" Victoria?

Or crossing Victoria while still on 4th Avenue?

You cant cross : 4th Avenue "onto" Victoria' though.

Sorry but it needed to be said. And as for the City
...I know you have priorities but please, if this
were your Mother or Grandmother PLEASE!

FIX THAT SPOT! Wink.wink


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written by travhops , May 19, 2008 (06:04:31 AM)
I think the key statement here is they repair sidewalks as best they can "with the budget given". Anyone with eyes can see the state of disrepair our streets and sidewalks are in and hopefully next election people will be looking for candidates who are focused on bringing PG up to standard. I'd like to see people running on that platform - streets, sidewalks, snow removal, litter. Every dime spent on a "study" could fill some potholes and fix some sidewalks.
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Sidewalks and the Roads
written by GrannyG , May 19, 2008 (05:35:54 PM)
Not just the sidewalks are unsafe but to cross a side street, from one side to the other is unsafe as well. My friend who is 54 was at a yard sale on South Lyon Street 2 weeks ago. She purchased a glass bowl and a little vase, when she left the yard sale she had to cross the street to get back to her car and tripped in a big pothole in the middle of the road. The pothole looked like it was level with the rest of the road until you actually went right up to it and looked at it. She skinned her leg pretty good and her hand, needless to say her items she purchased broke into a thousand pieces. Some of these pothole around this town you could almost lose your car in and if you don't they are damaging them pretty good I could imagine.
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Well it's time
written by Thoughtful , May 19, 2008 (10:47:50 PM)
In order to keep everybody happy, it's time for PG to raise taxes at least 600%, as to bring PG up to every bodies standards should cost around 1.5 billion. People would not complain about taxes, if all streets were laid with concrete, and all sidewalks laser leveled to tolerances of at least /- 1/10 of an inch. For a further $6 million all edges could be fitted with rubber to absorb eye impact.
Hmmm, OK now about potholes, we should contempt...
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