Back in 2005, Lee County added a project to its to-do list: build a sidewalk on 25th Street West and Unice Avenue, in front of Harns Marsh Elementary School on the south side.
For perspective — if your child went to the school in 2005, they would be 25-years-old now, and the sidewalk is still not there.
It’s the reason a second generation of parents, like Rachel Labrie, won’t let their children walk to school.
“That’s why I’m picking up my kids. It’s a safety issue,” Labrie said.
Watch Lee County Community Correspondent Ella Rhoades below:
20 YRS IN THE MAKING: Lehigh school could potentially get sidewalk connected
She said what concerns her is that the sidewalk abruptly ends, unlike the seemingly never ending list of projects this sidewalk is on.
Even after all these years, it sits in 123rd place on the Lee County Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee list.
Committee member Derek Felder said the county will help the school apply for an FDOT grant which can cover the $1.4 million sidewalk.