Roads Can the city do some more lane paintings IN a couple of key intersections. Such as north bound Cedar Ave at Franklin, on the north side of Franklin you have 3 lanes, on the south side, you have 2 lanes and a left turn lane, people don't know which of the 3 lanes they are supposed to be in. Another example west bound 26th St W (one way) at Lyndale Ave. On the east side there 1 or 2 parking lanes (the north or right side of this street has rush parking restrictions) on the west side, there are two lanes, and possibly 2 parking lanes, but it is very confusing which lanes go with which.
Crosswalks Does the city have plan to repaint crosswalks? As both a walker and driver, I notice a lot of intersections with extremely faded crosswalks. The only time I have ever noticed that the city has repainted the street is in relationship to road construction or shortly after (like seal coating). Some sort of marking would help keep cars out of the crosswalk at stoplights, definitely a safety issue. Sidewalks Did the city ever pass rules on charging property owners that block sidewalks or street lanes because of construction. The issue was raised because of the number of car lanes and sidewalks being blocked by all the downtown construction. The bigger concern I have is for the sidewalk that is being blocked on the north side of Lake Street between 10th Ave S and Elliot Ave S, adjacent to the Sears property. I assume this was blocked off during the cleaning up of the structure by Ray Harris' development group. However, since it is currently not being worked on, and I believe MCDA has the mortgage, why isn't the sidewalk open. It is sad that no one is making Lake Street more accessible. Lake has a lot of foot traffic, and no one likes to walk on the street, especially there which is extremely busy. I believe the Strib did an editorial on our Mayor RT Rybak in January, which commented that RT believed the best way to get to know the city is to walk it. Well as usual the Strib editorial board focused on those for who walking is a choice, not a necessity. So RT, if you did say this lets see you help my fellow citizens walk safely ON the sidewalks of Lake Street. Josh Kroll Powderhorn Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
