Increasingly, health professionals see walking as the perfect exercise for all people, but especially for seniors. Easy on the joints, a pleasurable and safe swing-the-arms brisk walk has positive effects on mood, balance, blood pressure, glucose management, and muscle loss. But none of it can happen if we have no safe place to walk.
Recently on the southside, Paul Russell Road (between Apalachee Parkway and Orange Avenue) got a sidewalk. While there is a string of neighborhoods behind the Hilaman Golf Course, they were each isolated from one another by a narrow two-lane road with deep ditches on both sides. The new sidewalk is a wonderful improvement for the many neighbors along Paul Russell Road who can now walk safely.
Or is it?…