FW: Very dangerous at TC

[Bruce&Linda Dwyer]

Some situations are so egregious that I have to respond; it make me feel a
little better.

So, it you feel moved, please throw your 2 cents worth in by communicating
with our city officials.  They are moved by the volume of citizen concerns. 

Thanks

 

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From: Bruce&Linda Dwyer [mailto:ouibike at verizon.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 6:08 PM
To: 'Yon.Lambert at alexandriava.gov'; Rich Baier (rich.baier at alexandriava.gov)
Cc: Rob Krupicka (council at krupicka.com); Paul Smedberg
(PaulCSmedberg at aol.com)
Subject: Very dangerous at TC

 

The sidewalk on the south side of King Street around TC Williams has been
closed for about 6 weeks or more and I am guessing it will be this way for
at least several months, if not until next fall when the garage is scheduled
to open.   This is a very busy route for pedestrians.  Several weeks ago I
contacted Yon to express my concerns that the pedestrian detour
accommodation was really inadequate and that the signage was in fact
directing pedestrians into dangerous situations.  I feel a pedestrian
friendly community would have made a legitimate accommodation for such a
heavily travelled route, such as lane shifts (I believe there is sufficient
street width) such that a jersey barrier protected pedestrian way could have
been retained on the south side of the street. But I realize the best that
one could expect was safe signage and crosswalks to get pedestrian across
King and back. 

The danger of the situation was made even more apparent to me today when my
visiting brother-in-law returned from a walk to our local shopping
destination, Bradlee.  He was totally befuddled and said in no uncertain
terms that it was dangerous because there are no crosswalks where the signs
say to cross.  Would a pedestrian be at fault for not using a crosswalk in
such a situation?

His concerns have prompted me to bring this dangerous situation to your
attention. again!  I am sure that you are aware of it and that it should go
on no longer.  I am most concerned about pedestrian safety and trying to
make Alexandria a pedestrian friendly community, or at least one where we do
not have to resort to driving simply because it is too dangerous to walk.
As an added incentive to your priority list, this situation has lawsuit
written all over it.

So for whatever this communication is worth, please do something meaningful
about it as soon as possible before we have a serious pedestrian accident.

 

Thank you

 

Bruce Dwyer

604 Melrose Street

703-549-3263

 

PS  How about reviewing the parking garage construction schedule to be sure
that the sidewalk reopening has the highest priority.

 

  

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