open #206373
Blocked Sidewalk
- Case Date:
- 10/18/2025
small tree growing in sidewalk on south side of 17th, just west of walnut thanks!
small tree growing in sidewalk on south side of 17th, just west of walnut thanks!
Notice the wet sidewalk. The moisture is not rain; it drains out of the retaining wall. In winter it freezes and is dangerous for pedestrians i know that it is against code for a downspout to drain directly onto a sidewalk. This is different, but the danger is the same.
Rogers Construction regularly parks their trucks in my yard within 800 feet of my mailbox so they block the mailtruck and my mail delivery. I have asked the homeowner and Rogers Construction to stop and I have put up a "no parking" sign. I have also called the BPD to ask for advice on how to handle the situation. This has gone on since May 2025.
There is a large bush at the front of this property which is growing over and obstructing the sidewalk on 10th street.
Best Buy adjacent, on Williamsburg Drive, not the 3rd street address
Thank you for the new paving on 11th Street. It looks great! When the street markings are painted, can we please get the marked crosswalk across 11th Street on the southeast side of the railroad bridge that we've been asking for? Looking forward to it!
There is a perfectly round hole in the middle of the alley right where it joins Walnut. Looks like something that the fiber-optic people made. It is dangerous. People walk over this all the time. It should be filled in with at least some gravel. Someone could twist an ankle.
The islands of trees surrounded by curbs that are being constructed in the roadways throughout the city. I’m wondering why the city is installing them since they’re already responsible for the death of a deputy sheriff who died from her injuries sustained during a traffic accident in which she was responding with lights and sirens to a call got hit going threw a red light and the ambulance was called but unable to get there for an extended period of time due to the trees and curbs constructed in the roadways throughout the city leaving no room for the ambulance to navigate around pulled over vehicles. I thought that when the city removed the brand new islands that they had constructed that they would find a better speed diversion, or would at least limit the construction of new islands but instead we now have many islands that make it nearly impossible to turn onto certain roads and streets due to the lack of room because of the brick filled curbed islands and trees. It seems ridiculous to me that the people are paying for obstacles in the roadway that make it nearly impossible to drive on the streets in Bloomington. They are wonderful for bicycling and walking however seeing as the city of Bloomington does not enforce no riding bikes on the sidewalks I don’t see much importance in having bicycle lanes in the roads since people on bicycles are allowed to ride their bikes on the sidewalks, which is extremely dangerous in my opinion but I’ve witnessed hundreds of bicyclist on the sidewalks in the downtown district and on Kirkwood, where there are police station within feet of them riding their bikes on the sidewalk and no attempt to stop them has been made.
The easement behind our homes is blocked. We are requesting that access be cleared so that homeowners have clear access at all times. Most of the homes on Rogers and Milton would like to park and access their properties from the Access.
There is a large metal sheet over the road work that is not bolted down. It makes a very loud boom all through the night when cars drive over. Please please fix it. We can hear it two blocks away from high Moores intersection.