For parents in Scotia, sidewalks a long time coming
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Signs in the lobby of Sacandaga Elementary School. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)Lori Van Buren
SCOTIA Walking in yards and in the street isn’t ideal for parents trying to shepherd their young kids to school.
Just ask Glenn and Dyana Warnock, who navigate a gauntlet of buses and cars every morning walking their second-grader, Anna, down Seeley Street to Sacandaga Elementary School.
“It’s the scariest block,” Dyana said. Winter presents additional hurdles with snowbanks, forcing them into the street.
Now work to construct sidewalks for the first-time ever along a stretch of Broad Street is moving forward as a result of state assistance. The Glenville Town Board approved bids for construction on Wednesday. Work is slated to begin within 30 to 45 days, said Supervisor Chris Koetzle.
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When Glenn Warnock walks his second grader to Sacandaga Elementary School, the two have to bob and weave through cars on the street, scrambling to make it across the road without being hit.
Warnock, who is also co-president of the Sacandaga Elementary School Parent Teacher Association, was elated to hear a project to construct sidewalks on Broad Street in front of the school was moving forward this month.
“It’s bad enough when there’s good weather because at least then we can go up on lawns to go around but when there’s snow there’s big banks up on the side of the road, so you can’t get up on anybody’s lawn, so you’re actually squeezing in,” he said.
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