wayfinding signage, interlocking brick or stamped concrete splash strips, and area-specific street and pedestrian lights.

Recent streetscaping and roadway enhancements around the city of Windsor include:

• Downtown Windsor BIA (Ouellette Ave & Pelissier Ave);
  
  
• Walkerville BIA (Wyandotte St. E. & Devonshire Rd.);
  
  
• Ottawa Street BIA (Ottawa St);
  
  
• Via Italia BIA (Erie St);
  
  
• Ford City BIA (Drouillard Road);
  
  
• Old Riverside BIA (Wyandotte St. E);
  
  
• Old Sandwich Town BIA (Sandwich St. & Mill St); and
  
  
• Wyandotte Street West (near the University of Windsor).

Most of these projects have been funded through the capital budget, and have been coordinated and/or added on to already scheduled street infrastructure projects. Though generally funded entirely by capital budget, some projects include a cost sharing component between the City and the respective BIA. The majority of these streetscaping projects are initiated at the request of the BIA and are submitted by Administration for consideration. It is important to note that some sidewalk repairs or replacements in the heritage areas required a permit by the Planning department.

Often these projects require enhanced or specialized maintenance techniques or schedules because the projects include features or elements above and beyond the City standard and/or are an enhancement to the functional requirements of the infrastructure (e.g. roads, street lights, sidewalks, etc).

For the remaining sidewalks that are not a part of the BIA, sidewalk replacement is carried out annually throughout the City of Windsor by the sidewalk capital replacement project. Sidewalk replacements are selected by using sidewalk condition ratings established through the Annual Sidewalk Inspection program. Additionally, selections are carefully made in order to avoid other major capital projects such as Road and Sewer rehabilitations and other major infrastructure projects.

Risk Analysis:

Sidewalks are inspected on a four year cycle to ensure deficiencies are identified and repaired in order to maintain public safety. The sidewalk capital replacement project ensures that any deficient sidewalks are scheduled for replacement as funding permits. Failure to continue to provide these 2 programs can result in trip and fall claims.

Climate Change Risks

Climate Change Mitigation:

N/A