The number of projects Fort Wayne's Right of Way department has completed each year has nearly doubled over about seven years.

Department Manager Nick Jarrell said Right of Way had 29 projects in 2018. This year, it has 75, covering 120 acres of green space. He described right of way as "the area where public meets private," about 50 feet on a street and includes all things infrastructure both above and below ground.

“Small spots, such as on Oxford Street, where it’s just curbed islands, we make into green space for more aesthetics and certainly more appeal to the neighborhood,” Jarrell said during a Tuesday presentation to Fort Wayne City Council.

Right of Way handles several responsibilities, including responding to 311 calls, greenway trail snow removal and small-scale infrastructure

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