City workers conduct Toronto's first-ever sidewalk maintenance blitz

City of Toronto crews are fanning out across the municipality Saturday forthe city's first-ever sidewalk maintenance blitz in an effort to improve pedestrian safety.

More than a hundred workers, forming 44 crews, will identify damage and conduct as many repairs as they can during a12-hour shiftfrom 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.,the city said in a media bulletin Friday.

"City inspectors continually assess Toronto's entiresidewalknetwork, identifying damage and other hazards, and generating work orders for repair," the city said.

"[Saturday's] blitz willinclude conducting proactive inspections and completing work orders and 311 Service Requests forsidewalkrepairs."

The city saidstaff will either make permanent repairs using a concrete grinder or temporary repairs with asphalt, which will then be tracked and permanently repaired at a later date.

Between 6,000 to 7,000 locations have already been identified for repairs, according to city spokesperson Laura McQuilllan.