closed #67178
City Construction Projects
501 E 7th ST
- Case Date:
- 7/14/1997
Trash, concrete, etc., left on sidewalks from remodeling and curb cut. Vehicles are parked on sidewalks.
Trash, concrete, etc., left on sidewalks from remodeling and curb cut. Vehicles are parked on sidewalks.
MR. LUCAS CALLED AND STATED THAT SEWER LINES WERE INSTALLED TWICE IN A YEAR (THE LAST BEING ABOUT 5 WEEKS AGO) AND THAT DAMAGE WAS DONE TO HIS PROPERTY AND HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED.
Citizen says construction crew was jackhammering street at 8am at Lincoln & University, a few feet away from her (and other) car. Dust and chunks of asphalt are all over her car. She thinks that no parking signs should have been posted if they were going to work this close to cars. Street Dept. thinks this was an Indiana Gas crew.
DENNIS SISCOE IS BUILDING A HOUSE AT 2419 W EVERGREEN DRIVE. APPARENTLY HE HAD TO COME ACROSS THE FRONT YARD OF MR. LUCAS' HOUSE TO HOOK ONTO THE CITY SEWER. IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO WEEKS AND THE TRENCH HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY COVERED. THERE IS SEVERAL ROCK AND DEBRIS IN HIS YARD. HE WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS LINE HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE SISCOE CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. REFERRED TO THE MONROE COUNTY BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
8TH & ADAMS STREET REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT: HALL STATES THAT THE SIDEWALK IS SPALDING VERY BADLY. HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE CITY COME AND WALK THE SITE WITH HIM. HALL STATES THAT THIS IS "THE WORST JOB HE HAS EVER SEEN".
She called to lodge a complaint about the speed humps that have been installed on Morningside Drive. She lives in Park Ridge east and can't "catch the light" at Smith and 3rd and can't use 10th Street because of the "awful bicycles". She says we have just created "one large driveway " for the people who live on Morningside.
ELEANOR BARKLEY CALLED ON 4/18/97. SHE WANTED TO COMPLAINED ABOUT CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE IN THE VICINTY OF HER APTS. AT 2ND & ADAMS. APPARENTLY, A WATER LINE WAS CUT BY THE CREW DOING THE WORK ON 4/15/97. THIS CAUSED MUD BUILDUP IN THE LINES IN HER APTS. MS. BARKLEY HAD TO PAY OUT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CLEAN UP THE MESS AND MAKE THE APTS. LIVABLE FOR HER TENANTS. MS. BARKLEY FEELS THAT SHE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR HER EXPENDITURES. SHE DOES NOT KNOW IF CREW WAS COB, CBU, OR PRIVATE.
A CONCERNED CITIZEN CAME INTO THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE CULVERT PIPE INSTALLED ON SOUTH ROGERS STREET ( A FEW YARDS NORTH OF #1604) AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS. THE GROUND/ROAD ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER IS ERODING AWAY CAUSING A STEEP DROP OFF. REYNOLDS COMPANY DID A ROAD PROJECT AT THIS AREA APPROXIMATELY LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE. THE CITIZEN IS CONCERNED THAT THE ROAD WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE AWAY, COULD SOMEONE FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TAKE A LOOK AT THE PIPE.
MS. BRIDGES CALLED TO COMPLAIN THAT WHEN NEW WATER LINE WAS PUT IN TAPP RD. WAS TORN UP AND WAS ONLY PATCHED, NOT REPAVED. SHE CALLED UTILITIES AND WAS INFORMED THAT ROAD WOULD BE REPAVED BY CONTRACTOR IN DECEMBER. ROAD HAS NOT BEEN REPAVED AS OF TODAY.
STREET CAVING IN WHERE WORK WAS DONE