Better late — as in really late — than never, when it comes to a missing section of sidewalk that forced people to walk in mud or next to speeding traffic.

Way back in February of 2016 I wrote about a mud pit that pedestrians were forced to trudge through, on the east side of Morningside Avenue, just north of Milner Avenue, near a busy stretch of retailers.

The sidewalk suddenly ended at the intersection, leaving people with equally dubious choices: wade through a mud pit in wet weather, or avoid it by tiptoeing along the curb, with traffic on Morningside just inches away.

At the time, the city said they’d replace the missing section of sidewalk in the spring. But it didn’t happen on the prescribed time frame and eventually was forgotten, by me and city staff too.

And then came a note from Alex Dow, who first told me about it, saying, “just letting you know it was finally fixed. A miracle, I guess.”

Earlier this month I wrote about how the hill that slopes down from Broadview Avenue in Riverdale Park East had been fenced off to protect a recent regrading project from potential damage from people and dogs.

The rub was that the fencing prevented kids from accessing one of the best hills in the city for tobogganing. Given the early arrival of snow this year (but where did it go?), it was the cause of considerable disappointment.

The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, which was responsible for the regrading and fencing, promised in a note to me that the barriers would come down within a week or so, allowing kids to go for a slide.

It seemed like a tall order, since the hill was frozen at the time and covered with snow, but the TRCA kept its word and removed the fence on schedule. All that’s needed now is snow, but there’s none in the immediate forecast.

One of my November columns was about outdated construction signs that cluttered the sidewalk on the south side of St. Clair Avenue, west of Avenue Rd. and in front of a private school that teaches kids with disabilities.

The city was quick to remove the signs, but two metal frames to which they were attached were bolted to the sidewalk and remained in place for another several weeks.

I checked back last week and the frame had finally disappeared.

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