West bound Hwy 43 at Profile Pkwy/Park Square Dr. Yellow turn light to turn South onto Park Square Drive has been out for over 3 months. Green turn arrow and red light work.
Additional signs warning of low bridges should be added; although it is amusing to when rental moving truck semiannually hit the low bridges ( https://bloomingtonian.com/2019/10/28/ryder-truck-stuck-on-dunn/) . Currently there are is sign at 12th/Indiana and another half block north of 13th/Indiana. If some is turning south from 13th street on to Indiana then there is no sign with the height. The cost of additional warnings and signs would be offset by avoiding the any time spent having police direct traffic and repairs needed.
The traffic light at 10th and Woodlawn Avenue has started flashing red.
Caller said that the stop sign on Dodds at S. Rogers is blown through repeatedly. The painted white lines alerting drivers to the stop have faded and need repainting, and he also suggested adding reflective material to the stop sign.
For years I have seen many drivers on Rogers (both directions) blow through the stop sign at Dodds. I’ve had three near-misses that I can recall and have seen others have near misses. I saw 2 just today. I’ve come to the point where I think there is something wrong that so many run this stop sign. I don’t know if more prominent striping on the street or larger signs will help or not, but I feel it needs investigation.
Across from the community kitchen there is an amazing amount of debris that needs removed.
Need to order developer/contractor to repair hole they created in pavement
I have a pothole that has formed in the street at the end of my driveway. It keeps being repatched, but only lasts a few weeks (although the most recent fix only lasted a few days). I am ending up with large chunks of asphalt on my driveway and have a decent sized pothole to drive through to get in and out of the driveway. I suspect it is because as vehicles passing over the traffic calming speed bump going west up countryside lane inevitably hug the curb to avoid it as much as possible. I certainly have no issue having the speed bump there, and it does serve a purpose, but people are swinging almost into my yard to avoid it. It's baffling. I would welcome any good solutions mostly to the pothole issue but also the speed bump problem. (Note: initially there were poles installed on the sides to discourage this behavior but they were simply run down and broken). Thank you very much for your attention and help. Rose Johnson
I have a large pothole in the street at the end of my driveway. It's the result of people swerving around the speed bump in front of my house and eroding the edge of the road. I would be very grateful to have it repaired as it is quite deep. It was coldpatched during the winter but that has crumbled and worked its way out. Thank you very much, I appreciate your attention to this email.
I have in front of my house the remnants of a speed bump design that wasn't effective. What is left are two very small speed bumps in the center of the road. Unfortunately, the width of the space between the end of the bump and the curb in front of my house is just wide enough for a car to pass through to avoid the bump entirely. I will say comfortably 50-75 percent (this is a conservative figure) of the traffic does not slow down, and swings into that gap between the speed bump and the curb to pass by. The road in this area in front of my house has had to be repaired at least three times, and it is a hazard for pedestrians on the sidewalk to be in that proximity to the cars at speed. I also have to go through that section of the yard and pick out all the asphalt chunks that have been broken off the road and flipped into my yard before I cut the grass. It is a significant amount. I would like to ask that a speed bump that extends across the road be considered here, much like the ones on Maxwell Drive. Is there anything you can do here? I've included a picture for context. Thank you very much for your help. Rose Johnson