Christian I completely agree.
Ryan Shell How about the huge crack in the road at the Eugene / Lee – just before the tracks? It’s to the point I almost come to a dead stop every time so it doesn’t throw my front in out of alignment.
Kristen Good call tagging council members, I consider HPR one of my neighborhood streets and something needs to be done.
Ryan Shell Kristen, I routinely avoid certain sections of HP Rd when possible because of its condition… meaning I bypass lots of businesses when doing so.
Kristen yeah, and that doesn’t help matters any. It also makes the road look unsafe even though many of the businesses are still legit and safe.
Robbie Perkins I will discuss the condiion of the road with Adam Fischer of GDOT. Greensboro’s streets took a hit over the last month with all of the moisture and then the snow. Lots of cracking and some subsurface failures. It is really hard to cut back on street maintenance at this point.
Christian The problem isn’t really the bad weather. Yes, moisture and snow contribute to cracking. The roads have been in such deplorable conditions though for quite some time. Rather than putting a light in to slow down the traffic and just add more weight to the poorly constructed road, they should have put money into fixing the roads first. Now they’re going to have an even bigger problem. The roads will become worse as a result and the lights they put in won’t get used because people will avoid HPR because it will be a hotbed for stalled traffic due to construction.
Ryan Shell Robbie, thanks for discussing this with Adam. I know a lot of plans have highlighted areas btwn 40 and the coliseum, but the area from the coliseum to Elm needs some pretty heavy attention.
I urge anyone that things differently to just take a drive on the section that I mentioned… it’s bad, really bad.”
I just wanted to share an example of how councilmember’s can use the Web/technology to better communicate with citizens.
