- Case Date:
- 8/13/2015
The traffic on West Third Street is consistently HORRID. The timing of the traffic lights desperately needs to be changed. Especially around peak times, like morning rush, noon-ish, and 5:00pm, traffic is so backed up and the traffic lights are so poorly timed that barely two or three cars are making it through a single light. What should be a 15 minute drive to-and-from work for me (even with some normal peak traffic factored in) but it usually takes about 45 minutes. PLEASE have someone from your department attempt to drive from downtown to the West side of town via W. 3rd street so you can see first-hand how awful it is and how poorly timed the lights are. It doesn't make sense for one light to turn green if the light ahead of it is still red and the cars are completely backed up. Nobody can go anywhere! My car has overheated a few times from remaining stagnant for so long. Please have someone do something about this and PLEASE have someone from your office try it out for themselves during a peak traffic time. It is unbelievable and ridiculous and needs to be adjusted.
City Construction Projects
100–148 E Smith Ave
- Case Date:
- 8/13/2015
Curb blown apart, with exposed rebar.
Parks & Playgrounds
921–999 S Henderson St
- Case Date:
- 8/13/2015
Basketball courts need to be upgraded. Cracked asphalt, missing nets, trees overhang courts making some shots impossible. Maybe most importantly the asphalt doesn't stretch far enough behind the baskets so people have injured ankles after layups by landing in the grass. I'm just curious to hear if there is a plan to upgrade these courts soon. If not I would like to help make that happen by raising money.
Potholes, Other Street Repair
1310 S Dunn ST
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
The section of the street is crumbling. An adjacent section was fixed last month, but this area was left unaddressed.
Traffic Signals
2–98 N Pete Ellis Dr
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
Pedestrian button on NW corner to cross Pete Ellis doesn't trigger the cross signal.
Traffic Related Complaints
2706 S Banta AVE
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
Traffic from 5:00 - 6:30 on Banta is very dangerous due to lack of sidewalks and cars attempting to bypass traffic on W Country Club by driving up Banta, turning left onto Ralston, then turning to Rockport, then West onto Country Club. This leads to cars driving very fast up Banta. I would have submitted this as a "Close Call," as I was nearly hit twice. Once while pulling into my driveway, and again while picking up my mail. I believe a 4-way stoplight, with preference for W. Country Club, would be a good solution to the current 4-way stop sign which I believe generates these patterns. If there were no advantage to cutting through the neighborhood, the number of people doing so would decrease. Another solution would be to position speed cameras, or police officers to identify reckless drivers and begin ticketing more extensively in the neighborhood. However, those solutions are more temporary.
Excessive Growth
405 E Cottage Grove AVE
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
Shrubs blocking sidewalk.
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
Open trash
616 north Washington.
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015
I was wondering what happened at RCA Park? It looks barren without all the undergrowth near the large shelter.
Excessive Growth
1004 S Lincoln ST
- Case Date:
- 8/12/2015