Sidewalk & Curb Complaints
- Case Date:
- 1/31/2022
618 S Ballantine and many properties drain water onto the street, which freezes on the sidewalk. Not here, but often it is drains through a retaining wall directly on to the sidewalk. DANGER to PEDESTRIANS.
Other
500 E 6th St, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA
- Case Date:
- 2/7/2022
This construction thing I believe to hold a sign is blocking the sidewalk by the handicap space.
Sidewalk & Curb Complaints
1001 E 13th St, Bloomington, IN 47408, USA
- Case Date:
- 2/16/2022
Sidewalk along eastbound 13th Street is rough and uneven between N Forrest Ave and N Walnut Grove.
- Case Date:
- 2/25/2022
Water draining across the yard and down the sidewalk at 1220 E Hunter. It was spewing out intermittently Wednesday morning (Feb 23 2022). Is that a violation of municipal code 12.04.020 - Discharge of water on sidewalk?
It is unlawful for any person owning or controlling any building in the city adjacent to an improved sidewalk to permit water to run from a downspout attached to such building onto and over such sidewalk.
(Prior code § 23-4).
It was likely to freeze and make walking hazardous.
Thank you.
Traffic Related Complaints
290 W 7th ST
- Case Date:
- 3/23/2022
Around 9:45am this morning, I walked out of the parking garage at 7th and Morton, out through the lower level of the garage onto 7th Street. As I was walking out onto the sidewalk, a minivan was driving east in the bike lanes! The driver and passenger seemed lost and realized they were in the wrong place. They stopped then crossed over a break in the weird curbing there to get back into a lane of traffic. They had driven from at least Morton halfway up the block before getting out of the bike lane. This is not the first time of numerous times I have witnessed vehicles driving in or parking in the 7th Street bike lane. Is there any way to add signs or markings that make this more obvious?
Also, while we are here - on Monday I was downtown driving on Morton headed north and came to a stop at 7th Street. People are really confused by this intersection. A car from the west came to a complete stop. A car from the north on Morton decided to cross 7th in front of the stopped car from the west on Morton. A car coming down the hill from the east on 7th was not intending to stop, but had to due to this car in the intersection from the north on Morton that failed to yield to 7th Street traffic. Although, the randomly stopped car to the west on 7th acting like it was a four-way stop sign certainly made matters go awry.
Essentially, the entire 7th Street bike lane system is a mess of poorly designed infrastructure. A friend was telling me about how the bike lane gets blocked at 7th and Woodlawn because of the college students getting on and off buses and the bus riders have to cross the bike lanes and often do not pay any attention. A perfectly good street has multiplied the potential for accidents and injuries with this "upgrade" that got installed.
Blocked Sidewalk
1000 N College AVE
- Case Date:
- 4/19/2022
CVS’s retaining wall flanking the east, Walnut-side sidewalk is collapsing onto the sidewalk and depositing cement landscaping blocks onto the sidewalk
City Construction Projects
- Case Date:
- 4/20/2022
The city recently replaced worn some worn curbs and this week repaved a big section of Park Ridge Road in Park Ridge East. The crew did an exceptional job! However, on the east side of the street between the park and Sheffield Drive there is a considerable amount of chunky gravel and dirt left on the sidewalk. Will the city please send someone to clean it up? Thank you so much.
Blocked Sidewalk
219 E 4th ST
- Case Date:
- 5/9/2022
Road closed sign is blocking the sidewalk.
- Case Date:
- 6/5/2022
Between S Eastside 807 and 801 Excessive growth, hanging over the sidewalk and obscuring a traffic sign.
Sidewalk Requests
2533 E Eastgate LN
- Case Date:
- 6/24/2022
I'd like to submit a request to have the bike path and sidewalk cleared of overhanging vegetation. This is particularly dangerous at the curve of Eastgate and 46 as walkers have to walk on the street where cars quickly turn onto Eastgate. See red line indicating area where vegetation encroaches upon the boundaries of the bike path and sidewalk.