Debris has built up under the bridge, not allowing water to pass through. I attached two pictures which hopefully has gone through. This is a huge concern since more rain is in the forecast and nowhere for the water to go. It’s the side of the bridge that is directly behind 109 Manor Circle thank you.
Subject: Urgent Safety, CPTED Failures, and Operational Chaos at Downtown Bloomington Transit Station As someone who has relied on Bloomington Transit for decades, I am watching the new station rapidly deteriorate and fall into a severe state of decline. I am submitting this ongoing safety report regarding the downtown station during early morning, late evening, and weekend transfer times, where paying riders face persistent threats, intimidation, and sexual harassment from non-riding groups who have become territorial over seating and facilities. Key Issues Requiring Immediate Action: Environmental & Operational Failures (CPTED Violations): The station completely fails basic Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. Even while active bus operating hours are underway, the main building is locked and supervision is nonexistent. Furthermore, because the station doubles as an unmanaged heating and cooling shelter, it creates severe crowding and confusion; during extreme weather, paying bus riders are left with nowhere to sit or shelter. This is all compounded by surrounding darkness, physical decay, hidden alcoves, and dark alleys. The Circular "Pass-the-Buck" Bureaucracy: Bloomington Transit instructs riders to call 911, while 911 dispatch tells us to "just keep calling." When police are involved, they dismiss ongoing daily harassment as a "civil matter." When I took this up the chain, the deputy mayor gave me a cowardly shrug and passed the buck right back to Transit, ignoring the fact that I had already tried the police route with zero results. The Irony of the "Unskilled" Workforce & Taxpayer Betrayal: Groups of non-riding men are growing larger, visibly outnumbering women in the mornings, evenings, and weekends. Because low-income hospitality workers and working women have predictable schedules, they are easily targeted. There is profound irony in expecting workers in low-wage, "unskilled" jobs to act as the city's default, crisis-trained 911 buffer. The city has abandoned both transit riders and individuals desperately needing mental health services onto the exact same unmonitored platform—forcing two competing, incompatible services onto city-owned property that I am both taxed for and paying bus fare to use. Transit users are here to ride the bus safely, not to manage the fallout of unaddressed social service deficits or a "we can't arrest" policy. Bloomington Transit was not designed to double as an unsupported social services hub without oversight. I expect a concrete safety plan for this station, not another bureaucratic deflection. The police were there again this morning for non bus commuters, and I will not stop reporting this.
Please mow the grass between E Sheridan Drive and E South Downs drive; it's getting rather tall. Thank you.
So, not actually graffiti but wasn't sure where to direct and it will be a similar power washer cleanup. On the brick sidewalk directly across the street from Showers someone poured white paint/mortar/??? down the storm drain and got it all over the brick sidewalk. I was hoping the recent rains would wash it off but no such luck. Thanks!
Yard needs mowed. Grass is very tall.
There is a growing hole near the end of the sidewalk if one turns off of Henderson and walks west on the north side of E. Southern drive. It started as one of the holes drilled by a utility contractor, but it is growing and dangerous for pedestrian traffic, bikes, etc
Trees are scraping the top of the school bus on E Rock Creek Dr between S Stratford Dr & S High St if you are able to trim please.
Our home and the houses around us have lost significant water pressure. We hired a plumber to look at the issue at our home thinking it was something wrong with our plumbing. They said this issue is coming up around the city and they think it's due to the new hydrants that were installed. This seems to make sense since there is a hydrant across the street from us that was recently replaced. We went from being able to have 3 showers running at one time to barely having enough water pressure for one to run immediately after these updates. The plumber suggested we contact the city to see what can be done since there's nothing they can do. Please let me know what our options are. Thanks.
N. South Alley between Fairview and Jackson and N. South Alley between a Pothole and blacktop repair needed between Jackson and Rogers. and Jackson. Also between Jackson and Fairview. both of these are between fourth Street and Kirkwood
A broken tree branch is hanging in the way of the path. Also the tree and pylon are covered with mature poison ivy, which extends into the pathway.