- Case Date:
- 10/4/2016
For the last couple of weeks there has been an orange traffic barrel with a "Sidewalk Closed" sign on it sitting in the back yard of a student rental house next to our office. I assume it is a city barrel. Our office is at 914 E. Atwater, the first building east of the Subway. The house the barrel is behind is the next house east of us (blue siding, white trim). The easiest way to get to it is through the alley: go up Atwater past the Subway and turn right into the alley just past the grass lot. Turn left into the alley that runs parallel with Atwater. The barrel is in the grass between the parking lot behind our building and the parking area behind the rental house.
Potholes, Other Street Repair
946-1000 East 2nd Street
- Case Date:
- 6/5/2013
There is a very large pothole in the alley that connects 2nd Street with Hunter. It is next to the sidewalk that runs parallel with and next 2nd st.
Sidewalk Requests
937 S Fenbrook CT
- Case Date:
- 7/16/2016
at 933 S. Fenbrook Court, a section of sidewalk has dropped 2 3/4 inches - another place has dropped 3/4 inches
Sidewalk Requests
925-989 South Woodlawn Avenue
- Case Date:
- 6/15/2016
I am a pedestrian who commutes to work about 1.3 miles northbound on Wooodlawn Monday-Friday. Usually I scurry quickly up that street as I'm running late; sometimes I jog. But once I get to the part of Woodlawn that borders Bryan Park, I am loathe to get myself onto the park trail during my hasty commute for a few reasons:
1. The Bryan Park trail is a park trail, not a sidewalk.
2. This trail doesn't go straight northward, so it is a waste of my time to follow it.
3. My commute is at 7:15am when few people are out, making things unnecessarily scary for trail users when I'm quickly approaching them from behind. This is especially true during colder months when it is dark out, and also when I'm carrying my umbrella, which looks not unlike some sort of a weapon. (Its just an Ikea umbrella.)
This morning I was yelled at for the second time by another motorist who was displeased with my choosing to walk on Woodlawn Avenue northbound past Bryan Park. "There's a sidewalk over there!" he shouted. I had wanted to correct him and point out that its a park trail, but I didn't. Who knows which maniac who shouts at pedestrians from their car isn't more dangerous, you know?
It would be great if there were a sidewalk that ran alongside Woodlawn Avenue past Bryan Park. I'm not the only person who chooses to walk up the road instead of the park trail, but I admit that there are not many of us, at least at 7:15am.
Let me end by saying that I am not holding out hope for a sidewalk; this probably isn't a great concern for the city. But I can't guarantee that annoyed motorists will convince me to change my path, either.
In any case: thank you for reading and considering my request. Have a nice day.
Nicholas Roberts
Sidewalk Snow Removal
924 S Larkspur LN
- Case Date:
- 1/14/2018
Have not shoveled sidewalk.
Sidewalk Snow Removal
920 S Larkspur LN
- Case Date:
- 1/14/2018
Have not shoveled sidewalk.
Blocked Street
918 W Cottage Grove AVE
- Case Date:
- 3/3/2015
Could the alley/connector at North Orris Drive, between 11th and Cottage Grove be ploughed? It always has been in the past, but wasn't after this last snow. Thank you!
Inaccessible Parking
917 W Cardinal CT
- Case Date:
- 1/5/2014
There is a parking space on Cardinal Ct next to #921 that I use when I can't get in our driveway (I have a disability), but the snow plows have been piling the snow there. It also creates an obstacle for the mailman. Another place the snow got piled in the last storm was in front of our and our other neighbor's mailboxes, so that our mailman had to get out and climb over the mound of snow to deliver our mail, for a week or two after the last snow storm. I hate to complain, especially when there's a storm and a lot of extra work to do, but this seems dangerous for him. We live on a culdesac so there are other places the snow could be piled instead of these two spots, which would help us and our mailman greatly. Thank you for all you do!
- Case Date:
- 1/2/2018
They have trash scattered in their yard for over 2 weeks now, including broken up cabinets by sidewalk.
Street Snow Removal
916 S Larkspur LN
- Case Date:
- 1/14/2018
Have not shoveled sidewalk.