The Sandpit of Death before last week's gorilla clean-up! I will replace with an up-to-date photo manana.
The first BBB post about The Sandpit of Death on the pathway between Bushnell Park and the LOB/Armory area was mostly about the clean-up done by Hanna, Maureen and I. This was last week. I ended the post with the beginnings of an attempt to have the city via it’s 311 program handle the rest of the work needed on the entire sidewalk including the very dirty bridge. The soft sand was dangerous to ride over and muddy to walk through after rain. Many, many people use this pathway every day.
Brendan recently reported the sand was returning. It certainly has! We scraped, shoveled and swept that sidewalk to bare concrete last week. I passed through it Monday night on a ride with Krash. Its baaaack! All this rain has caused a shitload of sand and dirt to once again cover the sidewalk. AARRGG!!!!
A culvert and minor construction is needed to fix this problem permanently. My neighbor, David Corrigan, is on the North Frog Hollow NRZ committee and told me there were plans to fix up the whole pathway including lighting! Nice! That will be great...when it happens. But what about now?!?!
Something has to be done. But what? Perhaps some hay bales to prevent the sand from flowing onto the sidewalk in heavy rain?
At a minimum, the city needs to send a street sweeper over that area after every rainstorm to keep it safe. Let’s make that happen. We can do this.
Please help us help ourselves by calling and/or emailing 311 and asking the city to fix this dangerous situation. If enough of us call, something has got to happen! Please leave a comment below about your own call!
Landline - 311
Cel phone - 860-522-4888
Website 311
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I can get you some hay bales for free...but do you think the town would take them away??
ReplyDeleteare we certain it's owned by the city? it's a bridge of a highway entrance and much the surrounding property is state owned. the offending sand might be owned by amtrak.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of who owns the sand, something needs to be done before someone gets hurt. We need to start somewhere. I e mailed 311. If it is not their problem they should let us know. It’s not like the job costs thousands. All we are asking for is a simple remedy to permanently remove the sand.
ReplyDeleteyeah, what ben said!
ReplyDeletewe got to start somewhere. that shit is in the city. 311 is a city service. i pay taxes to the city to figure this stuff out. if its not the city's property, then i expect them to make the owner make it safe.