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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #147426

Traffic Related Complaints:

Other: Hello, I am re-developing the property @ 3000 South Walnut. The location is where the former Southern Winds Hotel and Roosters club were located. The property at the beginning a workout facility and a chiropractors office. AS you pull out from the property and are going to turn left (North) and cross traffic, there are two trees located to the north on the side of the road. When cars are coming South and I am turning to the North, it is difficult to see whats coming and that is where the speed limit changes from 30 to 40mph, which is the place many seems to start speeding up. We will have more traffic than ever entering and leaving the property right from the beginning and even more as the property continues to be redeveloped overtime after the initial building and business's are active. A stop light right around there of course would be superb for the property but probably could never happen due to the traffic that occur that comes over the hill when people are traveling South down South Walnut. With that in mind I was hoping the two large trees could be taken down so it is much safer at that point because of the visibility that would open up. One tree is directly in from of the property and the other is directly in front on an older apartment complex that has around 10 apartments in it, it looks like. Would this be possible? Or maybe we could plant a couple new tress which would be much smaller and take several years to grow out? Of course that problem would show up again several years from now but it would take care of it presently for sevevral years. I am just worried about such a great new area being redeveloped for the area and future to have potential traffic issues with people being able to see when pulling out of the property. Thanks a lot, Tommy.

Assigned to
Neil Kopper
Complaint Type
Foliage Trimming

History

9/22/2015 09:50:59 Closed by Neil Kopper

City crews trimmed low hanging branches on two trees that restricted sight distance.

9/22/2015 09:50:09 Neil Kopper contacted Anonymous

I believe City crews had a chance to trim the trees at this location today. Please take a look and let me know if you don't think the visibility has improved. 9-14-2015

8/24/2015 14:05:27 Neil Kopper contacted Anonymous

Mr Guthrie, This is in response to the uReport you submitted regarding two large trees blocking visibility at this driveway. I just wanted to let you know that I plan to visit the site and I am investigating improvement options (removal, replacement, trimming, etc.). Thanks and please feel free to contact me with any questions. I'll try to follow up with you in the next week. - Neil

8/18/2015 13:14:39 Andrew Cibor assigned this case to Neil Kopper

Neil - Please start with checking with Planning on the development plan/permits. I wonder if some of the trees were required in the past? We should also work with legal. As far as I'm aware, this is the first case involving a driveway as opposed to a public road intersection. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

8/18/2015 12:52:44 Danna Workman assigned this case to Andrew Cibor

8/18/2015 12:49:09 Anonymous assigned this case to Danna Workman

8/18/2015 12:49:09 Opened by Anonymous

2942 S Walnut ST

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47403
Latitude39.130790710449
Longitude-86.53148651123
TownshipPerry

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