514. NOW, NEIGHBORS IN ONE AREA OF THE WEST BANK SAY AGING TREES MAINTAINED BY THE CITY ARE DAMAGING SIDEWALKS, AND THAT’S CAUSING LOTS OF CONCERN. WDSU TRAFFIC ANCHOR DEJA BROWN SPOKE WITH NEIGHBORS WHO SAY IT FEELS LIKE THEIR CONCERNS ARE SLIPPING THROUGH THE CRACKS. THEY HAD A GUY WAS ON A WHEELCHAIR AND HE HAD TO FALL OVER IN THE YARD AND ON ON OUR PROPERTY, AND THAT WAS KIND OF DANGEROUS BECAUSE HE ALMOST I HAD TO GO OUT AND HELP HIM. SO HE REALLY COULDN’T GET OVER THIS. SO HE HAD TO OH, IT WAS IT WAS A MESS. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PICTURES. NEIGHBORS ON BERKELEY DRIVE SAY THE SIDEWALK IS BROKEN UP, TORN UP AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED UP. NOW I REALLY REACHED OUT BECAUSE THE SIDEWALKS BEEN LIKE THIS OVER 40 YEARS. THE ROOTS OF AGING TREES ARE PROTRUDING OUT OF THE GROUND, LEAVING THE SIDEWALK IN DISREPAIR. AND DARLENE GREEN SAYS SHE’S CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO ARE DISABLED. IT’S VERY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND SEE THINGS AND WE HAVE TO RUN OUT AND HELP PEOPLE ON THIS. ON THIS SIDEWALK. IN RECENT YEARS, CREWS CAME OUT TO FIX A NEIGHBORING STREET, AND SHE THOUGHT FINALLY SHE’D GET THE HELP THAT SHE WAS SEEKING. THEY FINALLY FIXED THIS STREET BECAUSE THIS STREET WAS WORSE THAN THIS STREET. WHEN THE CURBS WERE FIXED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ADA REGULATIONS, THEY DIDN’T FIX THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF HER HOME OR TINTED THE TREES, CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE CITY TREES. SO WE ARE NOT TO TOUCH THE CITY TREES SO WE CAN’T, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN’T EVEN TRIM THEM OFF OUR PROPERTY. WE GOT TO CALL THE 311, GREEN SAYS SHE PUT IN TWO SEPARATE 311 REQUESTS, ONE FOR THE SIDEWALK AND ANOTHER FOR THE HANGING BRANCHES. SHE SAYS ARE UNSTABLE. THEY HAVE BRANCHES THAT’S THAT BIG, HUGE BRANCHES THAT FALLS IS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF IT HIT ANY OF THOSE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE DETRIMENTAL. ALSO, SINCE NEIGHBORS CAN’T TOUCH THE TREES MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, GREEN SAYS IT’S BEEN A WAITING GAME. THE 301 REQUEST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN I PUT IT IN, THEY TELL ME THAT THEY’RE 50, 50, 52 WEEKS BEHIND. GREEN’S HOPING THE CITY WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL DANGERS AND TEND TO THE ISSUES, BUT THEY DID COME OUT FOR THE TREES AND LOOKED AT THE TREES AND ALL, BUT THEY SAID THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW. FOR WDSU TRAFFIC PATROL, I’M DEJA BROWN WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY FOR WHEN RESIDENTS COULD EXPECT ACTION, AND THEY SAY THAT DUE TO A MANPOWER SHORTAGE, THE IN-HOUSE DPW STAFF IS NOT CAPABLE OF HANDLING SUBSTANTIAL SIDEWALK REPAIRS. THEY WENT ON TO SAY THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC