Auburn officials conduct a public walking tour Tuesday, stopping at the Downtown Auburn Transportation Center at Great Falls Plaza.  Auburn’s Age-Friendly Community Committee received an AARP Foundation grant to engage the community in assessing the walkability of several neighborhoods. Many participants noted the lack of a straightforward path to navigate the Great Falls Plaza area. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jonathan LaBonté, transportation systems director for Auburn, stands Tuesday near the crosswalk between the YMCA on Turner Street and Great Falls Plaza while leading a public tour to assess the walkability of several neighborhoods. It is one of three walking tours paid for by an AARP Foundation grant received by Auburn’s Age-Friendly Community Committee. The crosswalk is too close to an intersection, according to state standards, putting pedestrians at risk. A walk along the same route will occur at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The public is welcome to meet at the Hilton Garden Inn at 14 Great Falls Plaza. People using walkers or motorized wheelchairs are encouraged to attend. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jonathan LaBonté, transportation systems director for Auburn, leads a walking tour Tuesday of Great Falls Plaza to examine issues related to pedestrian safety and vehicle traffic. Two of the three walks started and ended at the Hilton Garden Inn at 14 Great Falls Plaza. Another on the same route will occur at 5 p.m. Wednesday. People using walkers or motorized wheelchairs are encouraged to attend. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Jonathan LaBonté, transportation systems director for Auburn, leads a walking tour Tuesday from Great Falls Plaza across Court Street to examine issues related to pedestrian safety around the plaza. Comments and concerns about safety, ideas for improvements and overall walkability of the routes will be documented in a report for the City Council and for Auburn’s Complete Streets Committee. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Auburn City Councilor Leroy Walker, left, and Jonathan LaBonté, transportation systems director for the city, lead a public walking tour Tuesday of the Great Falls Plaza area. The tours are to assess the walkability of several neighborhoods and are paid for by a grant from the AARP Foundation received by Auburn’s Age-Friendly Community Committee. Another walk of the Great Falls Plaza area and Main Street will be held at 5 p.m. Wednesday starting at the Hilton Garden Inn at 14 Great Falls Plaza. Each walk begins with an overview, a walk of less than a mile and a debriefing at the end. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal