Case Date:

5/23/2013

The two blocks of S. Banta Ave that connect Tapp Road to Ralston and West Graham have no sidewalks, and many children live in the vicinity (including my own). The Broadview Learning Center's playground a few blocks away is a major draw for the neighborhood children, both in houses and in apartment buildings up and down this road. However, the lack of traffic control on Ralston and the ability to cut up Banta Avenue from Tapp Road during times of the day when the Tapp/Rockport intersection becomes congested due to commuter and other traffic (especially those using it as a means to connect to 37), means that cars race up Banta to speed around the corner and shortcut to Rockport. Since the neighborhood children have no sidewalks here, or on Graham (which is a major route to the only park that is easily accessible), it is incredibly hazardous. If the city won't oversee the creation of sidewalks on these busy "shortcut" roads, could some signs and speed bumps be put in? Particularly on Banta, which is built on a hill up one side and down the other, irresponsible car traffic makes all the parents (and neighbors) frightened for our children. Additionally, the triangular corner of Rockport and Graham and Banta has no shoulder trimmed back from the large pine trees there, which not only makes it difficult to see around, but more hazardous for the many bus patrons that get off at the Countryview Apartments, and are forced to cut through the private property on the opposite side of the street, rather than risk being hit by a motorist that can't see them around that corner.

Case Date:

6/24/2013

Needs a "not a through street" sign

Case Date:

6/24/2013

Hello. You might recall that I recently asked the City about removing this sign; you stated it was the jurisdiction of the State. Here's my request to them and their reply from June 18. I doubt this is a legal sign from understanding past history. Can you remove this unneeded sign and alleviate sign pollution? Can you please look into removing the temporary sign that was installed on SR46 in Bloomington at its intersection with Pete Ellis Drive? The sign points directions to local businesses whose entrances were affected during last year's SR46 Bloomington bypass construction project. This sign is located on the NW corner of SR46 (East Third Street) and Pete Ellis Drive. It's obvious this sign was meant to be temporary, and now that construction is complete it should be removed. Dear Mr. Arvesen, I sent your concerns to our Construction Department. They state that the temporary sign in question is not a sign that INDOT and/or the Contractor working on the State Road 46 Bypass project installed. This is a sign that the shopping center had made and installed. You would need to contact the shopping center management to have this sign removed because it is a sign that they had installed, not INDOT. Our Construction Department has also sent an email to the City of Bloomington to notify them of your concerns about this sign.

Case Date:

6/17/2013

Could the city look into removing the temporary sign at the corner of Pete Ellis Drive and Third Street that direct motorists to the various shops in the Barnes & Noble and Best Buy shopping centers? I believe this sign was placed during contruction on the 3rd Street and 46 Bypass construction to help motorists navigate into these shops. Now that construction is complete, can this unneeded sign please be removed?

Case Date:

4/8/2013

Street sign for grant st is missing at 7th

Case Date:

4/1/2013

Need for a left turn signal traffic light at E 10th and Pete Ellis. This intersection is an accident waiting to happen!

Case Date:

5/13/2013

I sent the attached e-mail to the Project Managers for the 494/169 interchange project, but it occurred to me I should send it to the City as well. Many of the traffic circles part of the project (specifically those in the southwest quadrant and possibly others) have earth "hills" in the circle centers which make it difficult to see vehicles already on the circle to which one must yield when entering a circle. I suggest the mounds be leveled and only low-growing landscaping planted in the circle centers to improve sight lines.

Case Date:

3/15/2013

The alley section behind our business and that of the Von Lee Building on E. Kirkwood is in need of paving. The patching done a few weeks ago has loosened and many potholes remain. Can the city please budget this section of the alley to be re-paved as it is now a common traffic thoroughfare and in disrepair? Also, there is a Piazza truck driver who parks his truck daily along a stretch of this alley while eating his 2-3 hour lunch. He is not conducting business while parked there each weekday. There is a "no parking" sign adjacent to where he parks. He claims there is no where else he can park and eat his lunch...As Spring weather comes, this alley gets much mixed use traffic, and his truck is a barrier to the flow of traffic. I spoke with him today and he admitted that he just parks there to eat - he is not delivering to the Von Lee building. Parking fees?

Case Date:

3/13/2013

A crosswalk is marked on the pavement here, yet no crosswalk signs are present on Third Street. I was told in December by a city employee that these signs would be installed in the next week, but the signs still are not present.

Case Date:

3/13/2013

The speed limit sign that was here had been missing for some time. For about a month, it was laying in the grass about half block north. Now it's gone.