The Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) authorized County Staff to develop two County-wide project candidate lists which objectively prioritized candidate projects, giving the highest priority to segments in close proximity to schools or other pedestrian attractors. In order to best allocate limited annual funding, it was necessary to develop a system which would provide the most benefit compared to its cost to construct. This was accomplished under the guidance of the Sidewalk Advisory Committee by the use of a Benefit/Cost Ratio. The numerator of the ratio represents a project's "benefits" and the denominator represents a project's "costs." Each project's fraction is represented as its Benefit/Cost prioritization "score" against competing candidates. Thus, the more a particular project's construction would improve the roadside pedestrian conditions (safety), serve a latent demand (schools or other pedestrian attractor), was requested specifically by residents (public input), and is economical to build, the higher the ranking.

Each list ranks the same 12,000(+/-) roadway segments with two different focuses (school and other). The database consists of 3,600 miles of MPO/County transportation network. Approximately 6,600 segments (of the 12,000 in the database) lack sidewalks, which equates to about 2,400 miles. All roadways within the county have been reevaluated under the master plan.

The lists are in alphabetical order and prioritized according to:

"School-focused" demands and
"Other-focused" demands (such as shopping, transit, parks, etc.).

For the definition of the column headings, please view the Sidewalk Master Plan Column Headings Legend.

Hillsborough County Sidewalk Master Plan Public Workshops
In order to develop the annual proposed funded progam, Hillsborough County must first review each candidate for constructibility and feasability. These field reviews determine whether candidates are buildable in the upcoming fiscal year or if they must be deferred in order to address constructibility issues (such as drainage and/or right-of-way). After the initial proposed program is developed for the upcoming year, Hillsborough County conducts a series of public workshops annually to present to the public the proposed list of project candidates for the upcoming fiscal year and receive public comment. The final list may be adjusted, based on public input prior to submission to the BOCC for approval.

County staff welcomes your comments regarding the draft needs ranking.