Uniformat G2030
Sidewalk, concrete
Also called sidewalk, concrete walk
Service life
Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.
Basis
- 50 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p2 · HUD CNA 3.2.5.2 “Concrete” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD's row is concrete flatwork: walks, plazas, terraces and patios. HUD's row is for site work at US multifamily properties, not municipal networks.
- 35 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 · “Sidewalk (Concrete)” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 50 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p14 · “Roads and Related - Sidewalks and walkways” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 40 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 · “Sidewalks” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 35 years · Quinte West: A09-POLICY-0034 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, p36 · “Roads - Sidewalks” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 30 years · Sarnia: Finance-04 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Attachment No. 1: TCA Policy Appendix A, p2 · “Sidewalks” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
- 50 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 · “Infrastructure - Roads - Sidewalks” (accounting life)Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal accounting lives for sidewalks and walkways (G2030)
22 municipal policies from Ontario set a life for sidewalks and walkways as a whole, from 18 distinct tables: 15–50 years, median 30. These are amortization periods chosen for accounting, not measured lives, and they describe the system rather than this component.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 25 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welland | Sidewalks (Gravel) | 15 | p9 · 2021 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Site Improvements (Paving, flagpoles, retaining walls, sidewalks, fencing, outdoor lighting) | 15–20 | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Chapple | Sidewalks, curbs & gutters | 20 | p1 |
| Greater Napanee | LA20 High Class Bituminous (Hot Mix Asphalt), Sidewalks, Curbs | 20 | p16 · 2012 |
| Kirkland Lake | Sidewalks - Asphalt | 20 | p10 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Linear - Sidewalk - Paving Stone | 20 | p19 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Linear - Sidewalk - Paving Stone | 20 | p12 · 2019 |
| Trent Lakes | Land improvements - structure (Parking lots, sidewalks, bus ramp, fencing, running track, flagpole) | 20 | p10 · 2009 |
| Welland | Sidewalks (Asphalt) | 25 | p9 · 2021 |
| Brockton | Sidewalks - Concrete Walkway | 30 | p3 · 2009 |
| Rainy River | Sidewalks/curbs | 30 | p12 · 2010 |
| Sarnia | Sidewalks | 30 | p2 |
| The Blue Mountains | Linear - Sidewalk - Asphalt | 30 | p12 · 2019 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Roads - Sidewalks, Curbs, Gutters | 35 | p16, p36 · 2025 |
| Grey Highlands | Sidewalk (Concrete) | 35 | p10 · 2026 |
| Kenora | Sidewalks - Brick | 40 | p16 · 2026 |
| Prince Edward | Sidewalks | 40 | p34 · 2022 |
| Welland | Sidewalks (Concrete & Bricked) | 40 | p9 · 2021 |
| Kapuskasing | Sidewalks - Paving Stone / Concrete | 45 | p15 · 2009 |
| Kirkland Lake | Sidewalks - Paving Stone / Concrete | 45 | p10 · 2020 |
| Kenora | Sidewalks - Concrete | 50 | p16 · 2026 |
| Kingston | Roads and Related - Sidewalks and walkways | 50 | p14 · 2016 |
| Meaford | Linear - Sidewalk - Concrete | 50 | p19 · 2020 |
| Severn | Infrastructure - Roads - Sidewalks | 50 | p402 · 2019 |
| The Blue Mountains | Linear - Sidewalk - Concrete | 50 | p12 · 2019 |
Each row was matched to its page automatically: the label and the number appear in the text of the cited page. An editor has not yet compared every row with the table, so follow the page link before relying on one. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
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Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Sidewalk, concrete, v0.2.0. https://unfinished.one/c/sidewalk-concrete/v/0.2.0BibTeX
@misc{unfinished_sidewalk_concrete_0_2_0,
title = {Sidewalk, concrete},
author = {{unfinished.one}},
year = {2026},
version = {0.2.0},
url = {https://unfinished.one/c/sidewalk-concrete/v/0.2.0},
note = {CC BY 4.0}
}Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.2.0, 0.1.0