closed #200784
Traffic Related Complaints
517 1/2 W Howe ST
- Case Date:
- 2/7/2025
Car repeatedly parked blocking in my car and blocking sidewalk
Car repeatedly parked blocking in my car and blocking sidewalk
Blocking sidewalk repeatedly
Road construction sign removed and placed on upper porch of house.
Dead animal in the street, starting to smell and attract large birds
There is at least one skunk living under the boardwalk/under the playground at Building Trades Park. Seen it multiple times in the last week or two. Lots of dogs and cats in the neighborhood -- worry it'll spray someone/someone's pet.
Dead squirrel in the road
Red car blocking sidewalk
Both sidewalks extending from the northwest corner of Kirkwood and Indiana are badly unshoveled – possibly never shoveled at all. This is utterly disgraceful in an area of very high pedestrian traffic in front of Sample Gates. It is perhaps the poster child of how ineffective the law is in Bloomington. The photos were taken on January 29, 2026 at 12.57 PM – four days after the end of the snowstorm.
Probably not much can be done about this, but the new parking lot over the recently redone culvert downtown by People's Park has a low spot right where the diagonal path crosses through it. The low spot has been accumulating water after rains, and it seems the grading as it is prevents the water from going anywhere. Likely over time this will facilitate degradation of the pavement, but more importantly at present it creates a little lake that pedestrians and bicycles must travel through, and will probably produce a slick spot there when the temperature drops. Is there any way to have this area looked at and have it redone so that water drains away? Not clear if this is a City issue or not, given the entire lot is owned by IU.