closed #177105
Potholes, Other Street Repair
616 S Walnut St, Bloomington, IN 47401, USA
- Case Date:
- 8/23/2021
There are a number of deep potholes along the northern edge of the public right of way between 616 S. Walnut St and 620 S. Walnut St.
There are a number of deep potholes along the northern edge of the public right of way between 616 S. Walnut St and 620 S. Walnut St.
Driving eastbound and approaching Indiana, the stop sign is on a downhill and hidden by a tree until a driver is very close to the intersection. Most intersections on 12th have no stop, so folks new to the area are likely to miss it.
There is gravel in the intersection on the south side of Fess and Grimes.
There is gravel in the intersection on the south side of Grimes & Palmer.
W. Graham Drive and S. Rogers has a lot of gravel in the intersection on the west side of the intersection. This is a dangerous place for gravel as people are trying to come on and off Rogers and are using the multi-use path there.
Several potholes
Several potholes
Several potholes
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 vicinity of the corner of Howe and Morton has an excessive amount of broken glass and dust/gravel in the street, especially at the northwest corner of the intersection, washed down from further up the hill. Please send the streetsweeper!