I would suggest some site line improvements as well ..the most obvious is at the pancake house where a huge bush and their sign blocks drivers vision to the path to the west ..there are others Safe cycling all! Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 5, 2013, at 10:27 AM, Josh Mayer <[email protected]> wrote: > This is my daily commute route, though I ride during daylight hours so I > haven't noticed the lights this year. In the last few years, I can honestly > say though that I never have seen them all on. > > As for the condition of the Whitney to Allen section, it is quite poor in > many areas. I prodded my alderman (Clear) about the patch just east of > Whitney that they hadn't repaved since last October and they finally got to > it, but it was obviously a rush job and it is a very jolting experience to > ride over. I've noticed the cut asphalt marks particularly between Whitney > and Spring Harbor. An blog post from Alder Clear that the City was unhappy > with various sections of asphalt on the road/bike paths and was working with > the contractor to repair them, but there really was no incentive for the > contractor to get the job done quickly. It seems they have done much of the > road repair work but have yet to start on the path. Perhaps Alder Clear > could respond with any updates he might be aware of. > > Here is the blog post from 8/21: > > Hi Folks, > It's just before 10pm, and I've just come home after spending about an hour > at University Avenue and Spring Harbor Drive with the DOT inspector for the > University Avenue (2012) project. If you live, work or travel this corridor, > you've seen the repaving and repair work that's been going on there since > Monday. > It turns out that what was originally supposed to be some relatively minor > repairs to some of the pavement that is failing has turned into a Big Deal. > Work that was supposed to be limited to 9am - 3pm now looks like it could go > several more hours this evening. Unless it rains tonight, in which case some > of it may need to be redone next week. Either way, there will probably be > more work over the next several days to fix areas of curb and bike path that > need repair, remarking the lanes, etc. That work should be within the 9-3 > hours and not cause significant lane closures. Small sections of the bike > path may be closed from time to time as repairs are made. > I'm frustrated with this, and the inspector is too. The contractor didn't do > a good job in the first place, and now they're having to fix it, which is > good because it won't cost us anything, but the challenge for the inspector > is that without a financial motive, it is difficult to get the contractor to > follow his instructions. For example, they are not supposed to be closing > lanes during peak hours, but that's exactly what happened today. > I'm doubly frustrated that nobody told me or the neighborhood association > that this work was going to take place this week. > I apologize for the inconvenience this is causing. It will be done soon, and > the rest of the work should not be as intrusive as it was today. Thank you > for your patience. > Ald. Mark Clear > > > > Josh > > > From: David Hill <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 11:40 PM > Subject: [Bikies] Univ Ave Bike Path > > I have a few comments to make about the Univ Ave Bike Path. > > First. I've noticed that the solar lights along the path near Forest Products > and the VA are at a 30% INOP status, and have been that way for quite a while > now. Nothing seems to be in place to maintain them. When will the INOP lights > be repaired? > > Second. The shrubs along the path near the VA have grown to a height that > they now obscure the few remaining lights that work. In addition, the shrubs > now take over (in spots) 1/3 of the path. Again, why is there nothing in > place to maintain the path? > > Third. The path collapse due to shoddy construction from Whitney Way all the > way along the new path section to Allen BLVD. I brought this up with the City > last winter when a huge sink hole developed. There was a patch job done > fairly quickly (thanks to those who did this), but I've noticed within the > last two weeks contractors out repairing the road sections and making motions > as if they were going to repair the path, too. They marked and cut apart the > bike path as if they were about to repair the path, then disappeared. Now the > path is covered with cut marks from a saw. The collapsed sections are still > collapsed. The patches to the path they made are crappy. The cuts from the > saw are sitting there waiting for the winter ice to break them apart. The > contractors who did it improperly in the first place are no where to be seen! > What is the city doing about this? > > David > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
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