Blocked Street
2100-2298 E 2nd St, Bloomington, Indiana, 47401
- Case Date:
- 1/14/2020
Road construction sign blocking road on High and 2nd Street. The road closure is an additional three blocks later, however the road closed sign takes up a lane and has been causing a barricade, dangerous intersection, and back up with almost two accidents witnessed today. There should be a road closed up ahead past the school drop off area near first Street.
Blocked Street
2101-2199 W 3rd St
- Case Date:
- 9/27/2012
I'm sure that 90% of what you recieve are complaints. In this regard instead of complaining, I have an idea for a more efficient and less dangerous form of traffic onto 3rd street from S. Muller Parkway, heading West. People turn through the 3rd St. turning lane risking danger and a ticket and also any dangerous U-Turns in the middle of the Intersection of 3rd St. and S. Cory Lane.
I have to deal with this pressure when needing to turn west onto 3rd St. almost every day because I worked down 3rd St. west and I live off of S. Basswood Drive. One time I got pulled over by a sheriff for going through the 3rd St. turning lane and recieved a warning, luckily.
Now, the cross-section of 3rd St. and S. Muller Parkway only allows traffic to go From 3rd St. on to S. Muller Parkway. I know that is because the road to S. Muller Parkway crosses with the road to 3rd St. west which would obviously cause collisions. According to the Google earth map, the distance is 720 Ft. to the Intersection of 3rd and S. Cory Lane From S. Muller Parkway. I have a proposal to avoid crossing the turning lane and dangerous U-Turns in the intersection for heading west on 3rd St. (Also saves gas and driving distance of course.)
I created a plan in the diagram Image from the street map I aquired that I uploaded to show you for an example of the proposal. This Google map is very outdated, but it gives you a good prospective of the idea. All of this should work. There is enough space where the very wide curb(street gap) resides inbetween street directions for the proposed turn-offs, as there is for the turn-off heading west on 3rd St.
Turn-off Option 1 only 172 Ft. down 3rd St. East: Reduce 3rd St. West Turning lane by half and add a turning lane on 3rd St. East wilst dividing the width of each lane Equally. After reducing the curb size, a thinner middle curb remains dividing them still. The turning lane off of 3rd St. west is relatively long as you'll see. Longer than necessary for a small neighborhood road, so I figure option 1 is feasible.
Turn-off Option 2 Only 265 Ft.(maybe give or take 30 Ft.) down 3rd St. East connecting to the Gas Station. People can choose to turn into the gas station and out or make a u-turn.
Thank you very much,
Eliot
P.S. It was fun putting this together to present to you.
Oh btw, as a side note, it would be great if you expanded the Report Details Description dialog boxes in the form scripts, because I can't see what I write. Instead I wrote everything out in notepad, copied and pasted.
Blocked Street
2101-2499 S Winslow Ct, Bloomington, Indiana, 47401
- Case Date:
- 6/15/2019
Tree blocking road in front of Winslow sports park next to YMCA S.
Blocked Street
2102 S Georgetown RD
- Case Date:
- 2/3/2022
A small tree has fallen into the street. It is blocking about half the width of the street. (Cars can still get by.)
Blocked Street
2103 S Summerwood CT
- Case Date:
- 6/25/2024
Tree down due to storm blocking one lane of E Azalea Lane near S Summerwood Ct
Blocked Street
2109 E Covenanter DR
- Case Date:
- 2/9/2023
A large pine tree was uprooted in the high winds and is blocking Covenanter.
Blocked Street
211 1/2 E Cottage Grove AVE
- Case Date:
- 4/10/2020
The street has been blocked for 42 hours.
Blocked Street
211 S Indiana AVE
- Case Date:
- 4/6/2016
A huge tree just fell across the street from my house (300 S Fairview). It's on the City's boulevard. No damage to houses or people that I can see. It is blocking the side walk only, not the street. Thank goodness it fell where it did and not onto the street or a house! I know Ladd Rentals owns 301 S Fairview. Jaclyn
Blocked Street
2111 E Queens WAY
- Case Date:
- 12/2/2021
Sussex and queens way - there is a car parked facing the wrong way practically in the intersection. This is an accident waiting to happen.
Blocked Street
2115 S Summerwood CT
- Case Date:
- 5/12/2019
The city just repaved my cul-de-sac. They did not correct the drainage problem. The water is pooling in a large area. It is trapped and unable to drain to the other side where there is a curb drain.