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. Below is a map of the neighborhoods selected for this year's program. If your neighborhood is interested in being added to the list for 2026, please reach out to the Right of Way Department.

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

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

• Laurel Ridge
• Hickory Hill, Hickory Glen, & Hampton Village
• Lima Meadow

• Covington Reserve Ph II & Ph III, Covington Place
• Haverhill Community Assn
• Bluewater Estates
• Old Trail
• SE Waynedale
  • Lower Huntington Rd btwn Bluffton & Airport Expressway
  • Bluffton Rd btwn Lower Huntington & Maplewood Rd

• West Central
• Michigan Ave Neighborhood Assn & Broad River
• Poplar
• Hoagland Masterson

• Eastside Community
• Victoria Park
• Trier Ridge Ph I & II
• Oxford