This podcast contains comments from the June 24, 2021 College Station city council meeting. Speakers are councilwoman Linda Harvell and Vanessa Garza of the city's planning and development office.

About 30 minutes of last Thursday's four hour College Station city council meeting was spent on whether a new sidewalk should be built along Southwood Drive from Valley View to Todd Trail.

Councilwoman Linda Harvell voted against the recommendation of a city advisory committee and city staff, saying other areas were a higher priority.

Vanessa Garza of the city's planning and development office explained the process that was used to reach the decision that was supported by neighborhood residents.

The council's five to one vote to award one construction contract also included new sidewalks in the Eastgate neighborhood, along Puryear Drive from James to Walton and Nunn from Walton to Lincoln.

Weather permitting, construction will take five months.