closed #207891
Sidewalk Snow Removal
401 W 17th ST
- Case Date:
- 1/27/2026
Gas station at 401 W 17th (southwest corner of 17th & Madison) has not shoveled their sidewalks. Thanks!
Gas station at 401 W 17th (southwest corner of 17th & Madison) has not shoveled their sidewalks. Thanks!
The entire sidewalk in front of the "Cityside by Alexa" apartments is completely unshoveled, as of late this afternoon. That is the north side of 3rd Street and the west side of Washington Street.
It appears that the Firestone Auto Store has used the public sidewalk as a dumping ground for snow removed from their parking lot. This afternoon the sidewalk was covered to a depth of about 4 feet. When I complained to the only employee inside their store, he was quite dismissive. These are the kinds of people who view pedestrians as subhuman. Please fine the bastard.
The alley at the end of my townhouse building is not plowed and it is a fire hazard because no cars can exit and no one can get through. I called our leasing agent, Omega, and they said that it is not their responsibility to plow that area. They did plow the parking lot portion, but they said that that alley is the responsibility of the city of Bloomington. We know that you are dealing with a lot with the snowstorm, but we wanted to bring it to your attention because we are not able to leave our parking area.
The alley at the end of my townhouse building is not plowed and it is a fire hazard because no cars can exit and no one can get through. I called our leasing agent, Omega, and they said that it is not their responsibility to plow that area. They did plow the parking lot portion, but they said that that alley is the responsibility of the city of Bloomington. We know that you are dealing with a lot with the snowstorm, but we wanted to bring it to your attention because we are not able to leave our parking area.
On the north side of E. 19th Street – from N. Walnut Street to N. Dunn Street – almost every sidewalk is either completely unshoveled or shoveled so poorly that walking safely is very difficult. Several of these property owners were already warned during the last large snowfall. PLEASE FINE THEM.
Sidewalk on the south side of 3rd street between College Ave and the B-line is still covered in snow. It's adjacent to the convention center, 302 S College Ave. The photo shows where pedestrians have already been walking in the deep snow. The landowner needs to be fined for chronic non-compliance. In past years, the only way this sidewalk has been cleared is when City Council members brought it up in public, but ensuring compliance is actually the job of staff, not electeds. Chronic non-compliance requires dogged enforcement!! Thanks!
Snow mounded on top of sidewalk on the bridge over the train tracks at about 800 N Rogers. It's where Rogers St becomes Madison St. Our bridges are a key part of our transportation network and need to be maintained even though there is no adjacent property owner!!! The sidewalk is blocked on both sides of the bridge.
Between 811 and 815 N Jackson, the sidewalk across the alley is . . . gone?? There's just a grassy gap there now. It's surely the city's responsibility to replace it since it across the alley.
Between 925 and 927 W Jackson, there's a sidewalk across the alley that's made of asphalt or something. It's down at a different level from the surrounding sidewalk and is a tripping hazard. Because it's across the alley, it's the city's responsibility to repair.