closed #40721
Line of Sight
401 N Clark ST
- Case Date:
- 6/6/2003
reports that at 8th & clark (appears to be the above address..there are bushed that need trimmed back to allow traffic to be seen.
reports that at 8th & clark (appears to be the above address..there are bushed that need trimmed back to allow traffic to be seen.
There are shrubs at the northeast corner of Bryan Avenue and 5th Street that cause a line of sight problem. Traffic Division at one time trimmed these bushes back but citizen states that there is still a problem. Note: This area is a 4-way stop.
There are bushes on the northwest corner that obstructs the line of sight. 5th Street currently yields for traffic on Hillsdale Drive. If you are coming from the west, it is difficult to see traffic coming from the north due to the overgrown bushes. There was an accident at this intersection last night and the person hit stated that they could not see oncoming traffic.
Complaintant states that the problem is at an interection and he didn't know the exacy address. It is at the intersection of E. 5th St. and N. Clark St. there are trees blocking the N. view for buses that drive this area. They can not see oncoming traffic because of these trees.
This was given to the Engineering Department via Risk Management. There is a line of sight problem at the northeast corner of Clark Street & 8th Street. Clark Street stops for 8th. It is difficult for people travelling south on Clark to see oncoming traffic going west on 8th Street due to the shrubs on the northeast corner.
Mr. Geels received a letter for a line of sight problem for his property at 4th St. & Bryan Ave. (See Action #11659). He complained thta the city does not enforce the 25' sight triangle consistently and sited the Southeast corner of 4th & Bryan.
Bushes (southwest corner) obstructing view of traffic at the intersection of E. 4th St. and S. Bryan.
Bushes (southwest corner) obstructing view of traffic at the intersection of E. 4th St. and S. Bryan.
Bushes are overgrown and obstructing the view for traffic. The bushes are almost covering the stop sign.
WHEN YOU ARE GOING NORTH ON JEFFERSON STREET APPROACHING 8TH STREET, THERE IS A BLIND HILL THAT CAUSES A DANGEROUS LINE OF SIGHT PROBLEM. CAN THE TRAFFIC DIVISION PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AREA ABOUT ADDING SIGNAGE WARNING OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS COMPLAINT WAS ORIGINALLY TAKEN IN BY JAMIE BRINEGAR, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND REFERRED ONTO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT