Urgent plea to fix Wellsford footpath hazards
Joelene MacGillivray with her hazardous pavers petition in Rodney Street.
Slippery when wet – rain can wreak havoc. Trip hazard – broken bricks.
A Wellsford businesswoman is calling for safer footpath surfaces along the town’s main street, after a catalogue of trips, slips and falls by pedestrians.
Joelene MacGillivray, who runs GoodTenant Property Management in Rodney Street, has started an online and paper petition, and will make a deputation to this month’s Rodney Local Board meeting on July 21.
“I’m sick of seeing people slip or trip on the pavers,” she says. “It’s been an ongoing issue since they laid them. A couple of weeks ago, an old lady took a slip right outside the shop.