This program seeks to reduce trip hazards in neighborhoods throughout the City. The Right of Way Department employs a contractor to grind lifts between 1/4" - 2" in the sidewalk down to improve walkability. The cost to grind down a heaved joint is significantly less expensive and less time consuming than replacing two panels of sidewalk. Because of this, many neighborhoods have benefitted from this program. Since its inception in 2014, the Public Works has improved over 750,000 feet of sidewalk (~145 miles) by grinding sidewalk trip hazards!

Grinding takes place in all 6 districts, ensuring that the entire City of Fort Wayne may benefit.

List and order of priority for 2026 is still being decided. Once that has been finalized, the full list of neighborhoods will be added.

Neighborhoods Completed in 2025

District 1

• Mystic Woods, Hunter’s Point, & Waterford
• Bohde Grove & Jonathon Oaks
• Brickshire & Mill Creek Villas
• Buckingham Community

District 2

• Auburn Farms
• Forest Park Boulevard
• New Kirkwood Park
• Lake Pine Valley & Pine Valley

District 3

• Laurel Ridge & Timberon
• Hickory Hill, Hickory Glen, & Hampton Village
• Lima Meadow
• Seven Oaks & Oak Glen -- PARTIALLY COMPLETED, Will finish next year

District 4

• Covington Reserve Ph II & Ph III, Covington Place
• Haverhill Community Assn
• Bluewater Estates
• Old Trail

District 5

• Fairfield & West Central
• Michigan Ave Neighborhood Assn & Broad River
• Poplar

District 6

• Trier Ridge Ph I & II
• Oxford