Damaging Sidewalks and Curbs

Hello all;

I'm not sure if this is the best forum for this question, but here goes.

I'm interested in what other municipal juristictions are doing and have tried successfully and succeeded (or failed) at doing in changing the behaviour of individuals who damage curb and sidewalks by their practice of driving heavy equipment across them without permits, strengthening of the area to prevent damage. The behaviour typically occurs in new subdivisions where infrastructure has been completed (water, sewer, storm sewer, road, sidewalk, curb and gutter, etc.) and residential housing construction is underway on multiple lots. The individuals responsible may be primary and sub-contractors or material supply delivery drivers. Companies who employee the individuals may or may not be part of local organizations whom the city has worked with to try to get the message across to its membership. The result of damage is substancial in dollars and essentially results in working sections of the infrasrtucture twice or long before regular maintenance is due. The impacts are felt by both the city and land developers.

I'm interested in programs, policy, communications that have been tried either proactively or reactively.

Geoff


Geoff Brown
Senior Policy Engineer
City of Regina
Canada
www.regina.ca