Hackettstown Catwalks
Mrs. Ward 
Greg 
Lonesome Dove Catwalks are simply sidewalks with fencing that connect various blocks throughout the neighborhoods. Since Hackettstown does not offer school busing until recently, these were installed to provide shorter access for walking to school.
There are several. One connects Arthur Terrace to Mitchell Road.
Another from Arthur Road to the high school. Another connecting Jay Court to Victor Court. Another connecting Shelley drive to Seymour Terrace. There is also one from the back side of the high school over to Reese Ave, Hatchery Hill School. And finally one from Willow Grove school to Morgan Terrace.
I believe they got the name "Cat Walks" due to the "No Dogs Allowed" signs that are posted at each entryway.
Mike Herbst 
ConsigliereLOL
Actually according to the Google universe they are simply:
Pedestrian shortcut
A catwalk is a short pedestrian shortcut that is usually the length of one or two houses."
Most are used daily. Just as all of the other buildings and grounds owned by the municipality, every so often maintenance must be done.
There are state grants available for this type of work as well as the capital improvement monies that can be allocated.
ianimal An appropriate name! One stumble on the way down will most likely not end well. Also, the high probability of a coronary event after climbing those bad boys would be less than desirable..... LOL
Ian
Perhaps you belong to the same Facebook group I do, called "Death Stairs". Of course, many of them DO happen to be in Pittsburgh, or that area of PA.
Phil D. Not sure if they qualify as “death stairs” but the stairs in DC (Georgetown I believe) where they shot The Exorcist are pretty steep.
concerned citizen 
backfeed 
kelleo22 Oh yeah, the Georgetown stairs. But not the same house. Try em at 2am after a night of bar hopping.
Babbit 
LongDuckDong The bids were received and officially opened on the 15th, and I believe the award will be done at the next council meeting on the 24th. After that, the job can be scheduled by the contractor who won the bid. It seems like a long time coming, but the budget wasn't adopted until May, so all the proper steps that had to be taken couldn't be started until the money was available, which was after the budget was adopted. I called on Thursday and found out this information.
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