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Updates given on sidewalk project, feral cats

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Photo by Sam Chandler

Vestavia Hills City Manager Jeff Downes gave updates on two key items at the city council meeting on Monday, May 23.

First, Downes announced that work on the first of three sidewalk pilot projects will begin on Tuesday, May 31. He said the initial 60-day project on Merryvale Road, along with future projects on Green Valley Road and Willoughby Road, will allow the city to gauge the cost and effectiveness of local sidewalk construction.

“What we’re trying to do in this pilot project is pick up where the previous contractor stopped, see what our costs are, see what our issues are and then we’ll plan to move from there implementing further sidewalks that support our master plan,” Downes said.

In addition, Downes announced that 79 feral cats in the Cahaba Heights neighborhood have been impounded to date as part of the Trap-Neuter-Return program.

The early success of the initiative has been in the city’s ability to gather feral cats in known locations while ensuring trap-neuter-return advocates that the cats are being treated humanely, Downes said.

“From that perspective, the humane treatment of feral cats and ridding our community of areas that were creating nuisances has been a success,” he said.

In other business, the council:

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