New improvements on Plumas Street are making it a lot safer and easier for people to take a walk in the neighborhood.
The City of Reno recently wrapped up its Plumas Street Sidewalk Improvement Project, where they worked on building a new sidewalk along the road for nearly three-quarters of a mile.
City Councilmember Naomi Duerr says, “It stretches both north and south from the Reno Tennis Center. So, lots of people know where that is. And it really provides connectivity with all of the many neighborhoods."
She also stressed the importance of keeping the trees on the side of the road, saying, “They did everything they could with ingenuity to actually work around the trees.”
People in the area shared how grateful they are to have the new sidewalk, not only for adults but for the children making their way to the tennis courts.
One person even shared how they've noticed a decrease in litter now that it's not just a long patch of land alongside the road, with people having second thoughts about tossing trash on the ground.
The director of the tennis center says he's already seen an increase in foot traffic passing the tennis courts now that the sidewalk is completed.
That is something councilmembers were hopeful for since they heard from people that they didn’t feel safe walking alongside the road before.
One Reno native, Thomas Powell, had this to say, "The sidewalk really was not unusable on the side. You stayed on the other side of the street, which wasn't very, you know, wasn't great to either ride a bike or to walk on the other side of the street. This is much nicer.”
Others who live in different areas of the city are encouraged to reach out to their city council members if they see a sidewalk that needs help. Together, they can propose their project to RTC and start the process to rebuild.
