Emilia Teasdale is reporting in the Columbia Paper work has begun on the Chatham Safe Routes to Schools project. The announcement was made by both the Chatham Central School District and the village of Chatham last week. Village Mayor Tom Curran wrote on the village’s Facebook page, “After several years of working with the D[epartment] O[f] T[ransportation] and CSX to get everything worked out to implement a federal grant, the Safe Routes to Schools project is finally scheduled to begin.” The project is designed to improve the sidewalks along Woodbridge Ave. and along School Road, the route from Woodbridge Avenue to the Mary E. Dardess Elementary School and Chatham High School buildings. The tentative work schedule includes sidewalk excavation during the next three weeks. The new sidewalks are expected to be poured and ready by November 22. Read the full story in the Columbia Paper.