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City of Bloomington, Indiana

closed: Resolved #168752

Trails:

Web Form: The Rail Trail needs some work! It needs YOU to show it some love. There are some problems . . . FIRST: Entering the Rail Trail from Country Club, the trees / shrubs at the parking lot are overgrowing into the sidewalk / path along the parking lot. You can almost not see the handicap parking sign from the overgrowth, too. The sidewalk is being impeded horizontally as well as vertically from branches hanging down. SECOND: There are numerous low hanging branches between Country Club and Gordon Pike on the trail. On a bicycle, these require ducking or maneuvering around. This can be hazardous. THIRD: There is a dead tree that is leaning over the trail, resting its top on another tree across the trail. That is between Country Club and Gordon Pike. This is maybe 1/3 to 1/2 a mile south of the Country Club Drive parking lot. This seems like it is ripe for falling on someone or blocking the trail, as it hangs there perilously. FOURTH: Someone goofed and put oversized gravel on the trail to fix some holes. This gravel is not safe on the trail for multiple reasons. One reason is that it is looser than the other gravel, so it is a change in surface that can cause bikes or walkers to lose balance. Also, the gravel is bigger so it is tougher to ride or walk or run across, and could cause injuries. As a result, people swerve around it and try to avoid it. This is causing people going in one direction to impede those going in the other at times. Can we get some smaller gravel / fill that matches the existing bed of the trail put in place? Having that big gravel is a total disaster creating multiple problems. I've almost lost balance / control on my bike in that bigger gravel. It needs to be replaced ASAP.

History

7/15/2019 15:35:21 Closed by Anonymous

Work was completed on the parking lot area per operations.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=168752 Closed by Jennifer Grubbs Work was completed on the parking lot area per operations.

7/11/2019 13:45:43 Anonymous contacted Anonymous

Another inquiry regarding the overgrowth in the country club/rail trail parking lot. As well, there is question regarding the gravel that a few cases assigned to both you and Mark Marotz have inquired about.

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=168752 Jennifer Grubbs contacted Dave Williams Another inquiry regarding the overgrowth in the country club/rail trail parking lot. As well, there is question regarding the gravel that a few cases assigned to both you and Mark Marotz have inquired about.

6/1/2019 18:07:17 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=168752 Paula McDevitt assigned this case to Dave Williams You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

6/1/2019 12:55:22 Anonymous assigned this case to Anonymous

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https://bloomington.in.gov/crm/tickets/view?ticket_id=168752 Anonymous assigned this case to Paula McDevitt You can use the link to follow progress on this case.

6/1/2019 12:55:22 Opened by Anonymous

301 W Country Club DR

CityBloomington
StateIN
Zip47403
Latitude39.135791778564
Longitude-86.535079956055
Neighborhood AssociationBroadview
TownshipPerry

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