Case Date:

3/21/2019

Woodlawn, alley between the Subway/apartment building and rental house. Shrubs block all traffic visibility. Pulling out onto Woodlawn, you can't see what's coming from the right/heading south. Not even pedestrians on the sidewalk can be seen. Dangerous to pull out here since you pull out blindly not knowing what's coming, but also very dangerous for pedestrians (and bikers/scooters) because we can't see them coming when we pull out. There is an IU parking lot in this alley, so it's used daily by several people who say a little prayer for safety every time they have to leave work from this location. This has been reported by colleagues more than once, but the building owner has never taken any action. Not even so much as to trim the shrubs back. In our opinion, the shrubs should be removed completely. Even by trimming, pedestrians still would not be visible.

Case Date:

6/19/2019

Near corner of Woodlawn/Atwater: alley that exits onto Woodlawn between Subway/apartment bldg. and rental house is dangerous. Shrubs on corner of Subway/apartment bldg. completely block the line of sight for drivers pulling out of this alley onto Woodlawn. Nothing can be seen that is approaching from the north and heading south. Have to pull car partially into the roadway to see if anything is coming. This is a heavily used alley due to an IU parking lot, IU office building and student housing rentals whose parking can only be accessed through the alley. And the area, itself, is active. This is even more dangerous to pedestrians/bikes/scooters. We cannot see them approaching and THEY CANNOT SEE US, either. It was bound to happen sooner or later and could have ended in injury or death. Yesterday I almost hit a jogger who was heading south on the sidewalk as I was trying to pull out onto Woodlawn. I couldn’t see him approaching due to the shrubs. He also could not see me! The shrubs completely blocked his line of sight and he couldn’t see that a car was approaching. The city has known about this for at least two years and hasn’t done anything to address it. My colleagues and I have tried repeatedly to have this fixed. Three cases were found in my search, but I know that there are more because this has been ongoing for longer than two years. Case #161202, 9/18/17, second half of complaint reported this. The case was closed with no mention of it having been addressed. Case #164914, 6/21/18, and case #167848, 3/21/19, are both still open. With neither showing any update that this is being addressed. Why? How can this be left unattended for so long? A whole year for case #164914! At some point there is going to be a tragedy here and it’ll be on the city for not having addressed this after multiple hazard reports.

Case Date:

4/13/2019

Very poor visibility looking left on Moores Pike from the AMC 11 parking lot, impossible to see a good gap.

Case Date:

8/2/2019

Kirkwood/Washington landscaping completely blocks line of sight of pedestrians or vehicles. 3/4 planters at this intersection are this overgrown and block lines of sight creating a serious hazard.

Case Date:

7/9/2020

The weeds/bushes are growing out onto Sanders Main Street at the corner of Lena and Main. You can not see the traffic coming from the west on Lena St. Plus you have to stop in the middle of the road because of the weeds/bushes. I almost hit the mail carrier because I could not see him until he in the intersection. Lena St has the right of way.

Case Date:

8/1/2019

Trees/bushes at the corner of 17th street and N. Willis Drive are blocking the view enough that motor vehicles are unable to see west on 17th street without pulling out into the bicycle lane. The complainant nearly hit a bicyclist whilst trying to pull out onto 17th street. The flora is on Gouldy's lot.

Case Date:

6/20/2019

913 W. 11th St. NOT 1001. I can't get the GIS to point to 913. Photo taken 6/20 This still has not been cut back despite Jo Stong saying that it would. Still can't see safely to turn from Orris to 11th St. The wheelchair ramp is also obstructed. You seem to have an issue getting Michael to respect the city.

Case Date:

9/30/2019

Unable to see traffic heading North on South Woodlawn when pulling out from University. Cars parked on the East side of South Woodlawn close to the intersection of Woodlawn and University obstruct the line of sight for oncoming motorist and bicyclist traffic.

Case Date:

8/7/2019

The house on the north-west corner of Maxwell and Fess has plants so tall that it is dangerous for cars driving south on Fess to pull into the intersection.

Case Date:

8/1/2018

Tall plantings on NW corner of S Fess/Maxwell corner making it very difficult to pull out safely on to Maxwell from Fess.