- Case Date:
- 7/7/2021
1203 s Lincoln. Overgrown weeds blocking sidewalk. Elderly lady on mobility scooter unable to get past as well as other pedestrians without going into the street. But those is wheelchair unable to get back onto sidewalk over curb.
- Case Date:
- 7/7/2021
I don't think 10th really needs expanded but if you do that recommendation make sure a signal goes in at 10th and Smith. It's already dangerous there turning left from Smith. Right turners squeeze by and obstruct view. Left turn protections and flow needs improved both at 10th and Smith and Third and Smith
- Case Date:
- 7/11/2021
West sidewalk on college avenue under the train bridge at about 11th Street is blocked by dense vegetation both north and south of the train bridge.
- Case Date:
- 7/11/2021
Sidewalk on the south side of 14th Street just west of college avenue. This is on the north side of the railway manors 923 North college. Completely obstructed by trees hanging from above.
- Case Date:
- 7/12/2021
710 e. first street. pampas grass obstructing sidewalk
Debris Removal (Sand, General Street Debris)
909 W Cardinal CT
- Case Date:
- 7/13/2021
Pile of yard debris on the south side of the creek needs to be removed as there's a family of skunks living in it. Debris has been there for years but all previous homeowners claim it's "too hard" to clean that side of the creek when the city didn't provide them with a way across it.
Unsafe Buildings
708 S Adams ST
- Case Date:
- 7/13/2021
House appears to be vacant and in disrepair. Completely overgrown.
- Case Date:
- 7/13/2021
My office is located at 2909 S Sare Rd. There was some work done on Sare Rd and a sign was placed by my office but has yet to be removed. Can someone come by to remove it?
Excessive Growth
821 W Wylie ST
- Case Date:
- 7/13/2021
Property has not been mowed all year.
Blocked Street
Rogers St and 10th St at the B Line Trail, Bloomington, IN 47404, USA
- Case Date:
- 7/13/2021
On May 23, 2021, at 5:30 am I was driving south on N Rogers to deliver my brother to Bloomington Hospital for surgery. At about 9th street (at the B line trail) I ran directly into a curb that juts out into the road. It was dark out and raining, and this road obstruction was poorly lit and not marked with a reflector ot in any other way. I ruined an almost new tire and will surely need an alignment. We walked the rest of the way to the hospital, in the dark and rain, because we couldn’t get a cab and time was short.
Going back in the daylight I see that the southbound lane makes a jog to the center to accommodate this jutting out curb. Going south the right most lane becomes a parking lane, but there were no cars at all parked there so this was not apparent when approaching from the north. In the daylight this configuration is easy to see, but not in the dark and rain.
I’ve enclosed a photo taken from in front of Carpenter Realty showing how dramatically this curb juts out into the road. I have other photos that I will try to send separately. (I think this report is limited to one photo. ) Two of my photos show show that the jutting out curb is blackened from tires and scared from wheel rims that preceded me into this trap. If I had a tire store I would open a branch in the big parking lot just south of Carpenter and stay open through the night.
Besides reconfiguring this lane transition there are several easy solutions:
- Light this curb better.
- Put a reflector on it.
- use a “ramp” or “transition” curb, as we see at all the new roundabouts.
Thanks,
Dan Mueller