closed #176973
Excessive Growth
2531 E 8th ST
- Case Date:
- 8/13/2021
Trash and recycling has been blocking sidewalk for a week and now is being blown up and down the street.
Fence between 2 areas of the Ferguson dog park have been taken down or fell down between yesterday and this morning.
Going in the direction of W First, on College in front of the AFL-CIO building (which is next to Planned Parenthood) there are several overhead signs for different turns. The one for the left turn lane is almost totally obscured by branches from a tree on the sidewalk.
Welcome Back sign from City Church in the grass at the corner of Woodscrest and Eastland Plaza.
New 'Music Lessons' sign at the corner of Longview and Peter Ellis in the grass at the vacant lot with the high grass.
'Pressure Washing' white sign with blue lettering, on Moores Pike across from Valley Froge.
I tried to describe this issue over the phone but the street dept. employee only wanted to blame my driveway for destroying the city street. What?? The problem is the street gutters. When the 800 block of Briarcliff was repaved about 6 years ago, it was ground down and the asphalt was carried into the gutter and made for a smooth transition to the remaining gutter concrete. The 900 block of Briarcliff was not ground down and repaved at that time. We are still waiting for the rest of Briarcliff to be repaved properly. In the 900 block the street's asphalt is approx. 3 inches higher than the concrete gutter so when you include the yard side of the gutter we have one enormous gully. I know of one broken ankle because of this and two weeks ago the Amazon driver twisted his ankle stepping into the gully getting out of his truck. I had asked about putting concrete in the gully in front of my mailbox and was told by street employee NO, that would destroy the street. So what can be done to either pave the gutter in the 900 block like the 800 block or grind down the street pavement in the 900 block so it makes a smooth transition with the gutter. I know what I would do but the city owns the street. We on the 900 block pay the same city tax rate as the 800 block so I think we should have the same street setup. I did ask the street employee to bring out a two wheel drive vehicle and try to drive through the gutter. Not surprised no one showed up. Thanks
The trees, shrubs, and vines on this corner obstruct the view of traffic. A vehicle headed north on Lexington is blocked from seeing a vehicle traveling east on Longview, and vice versa. This is a second request for assistance.
There is a bag of trash in the middle of the alley behind this property.