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Saskatoon city administration will use a new points system stressing the potential for pedestrian use and to reduce risk to determine where to add sidewalks.

The new system will be used to determine how to proceed with a $20-million project to add sidewalks where none exist.

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Jay Magus, the City of Saskatoon’s director of transportation, told council’s transportation committee Monday that city staff is going through the city “street by street” to compile a list of missing sidewalks.

“It’s never been done,” Magus said. City hall administration wants the list to be ready in case federal funding is announced for the sidewalk program, he added.

The city’s previous approach to sidewalks prioritized locations where residents had asked for them and where no sidewalks had been built on either side of the street.

This was followed by areas that were highly used by pedestrians, such as parks, schools and public facilities.