After spending more than $260000 in...

After spending more than $260000 in sidewalk repairs last year, Edwardsville officials plan to continue investing coin in the city's sidewalks.

"This is the largest amount exhausted on sidewalks in the 10 years I've been in succession the council," said Alderman Rich Walker, who is also chairman of city's aldermanic Public Services committee.

RC Construction of timber River was awarded the bid for last year's sidewalk schemes which are funded through the capital improvement program. The program is permanent funded by the city's utility tax.

Using input from residents, aldermen and in-house staff, a list of 31 sidewalk plans was created last year, estimated at $700000 The city's seven aldermen then narrowed the list from priority to be completed throughout a three-year period.

When the bid came in below the city's budgeted $243,000, city officials were able to include the secondary year's ...