Crosswalk Stripping

Since I became the City Liaison for the Armour Hills Homes Association, I have had the opportunity to work closely with the City's 4th District Councilmembers, in particular Councilwoman Jan Marcason and her staff. This exposure has brought great insights into the City, local politics, and for the purpose of this blog, the delivery of goods and services.

When I was working with the 4th District on their 2010 Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC) grants, they mentioned a pot of money for crosswalk stripping. I had several ideas. At the 2010 Armour Hills Homes Association annual meeting, many of our members expressed safety concerns on Brookside Road. All of our members must cross Brookside Road to access the Trolley Trail.

I wrote a list of all the crossings in our district (from 65th Street to Gregory on Brooskide Road) as well as the speed bumps on Main Street and the crossing for Arbor Villa Park on 66th Terrace at Main Street, and they are now on the list. The crews came out last week to paint the speed bumps on Main Street and Edgevale Road yesterday, and they are back today to finish all of our requested crosswalks.

Main Street Plates

For the past two months the City's Water Department has left to large steel plates on Main Street at 68th Terrace. I have seen people swerve to miss them driving in both directions and almost  not make the swerve back into the lane. It is almost like we have a new speed bump for Arbor Villa Park.

While the water main that is under those plates is now fixed, we are still waiting for the second crew that is responsbile to come by and finish the job. While it might be too hot to lay asphalt now, it certainly was not two, three, four, five and/or six weeks ago.

Finally, after three months of wrangling with 311, Councilwoman Marcason's office, and the Water Department, the plates were removed yesterday, the road resurfaced, and our primary corridor returned to normal, for now...