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TARGETING TRIPPING HAZARDS
Manteca plans to tackle ticklish subject of who pays for sidewalk repairs
sidewalk work
A worker replaces a sidewalk that had been uplifted by a tree root.
Addressing uplifted sidewalks — or more precisely who gets stuck with the bill to fix them — has been a political Achilles heel for elected Manteca leaders for at least four decades. And now the question is coming back into play.