TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A Tucson homeowner says a small sidewalk issue outside her house quickly escalated into a much bigger and more expensive problem.

“It kind of just popped up overnight,” Annie Bailey explains, who contacted the City of Tucson as soon as she noticed the issue.

She expected to take care of a small section of sidewalk that was cracking right by her driveway.

“Somebody came out pretty quickly. I mean within a few days they had somebody out here,” she explains.

But after a city inspector marked the sidewalk, Bailey says she was shocked to learn the work required would extend far beyond what she anticipated. “The first one quoted me $3,200 for just that section. And so immediately I knew, oh my gosh, this is not going to be simple.”

In addition to the growing cost, Bai

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