Hi All,
I am sorry to say that South Shore Drive has not been repaired.
Father's Day a father and son were out for a bike ride. The father was in the lead headed north. The father swerved left to avoid some large pot holes along the curb then right to avoid pot holes in the center of the street in front of 7337 S. South Shore Drive. Unfortunately, the son, trailing the father, could only see the potholes along the curb and steered left into the pot holes in the center. WIPE OUT!!!!
He was wearing a helmet.:) He sustained some bad scrapes to knees and arms and maybe injuries to places I could not see. The father also fell hearing his sons blood curdling screams. Thank goodness there was no car approaching.
I was reminded that I have failed to mention that this route is a designated bike route. This wipe out had a happy ending with minor injuries and no motor vehicle involvement. Cars are required to swerve to navigate pot holes and craters in Route 41, South Shore Drive, bikers must as well.
Most recently some tar has been deposited in some of the pot holes. This just is not enough. Please do something before someone is seriously injured or worse.
The Dave Matthews Concert is upon us and the major repairs and structural reinforcement that were afforded 83rd Street did not take place on South Shore Drive. I hope there are plans to divert traffic in that direction and no longer plans to make South Shore Drive a one way main route to the Mini Lalapalooza. The residents on South Shore Drive would be the big Loozers.
Our needs still have not been met.
On a personal note, the city has done work in front of my house removing all the sand 12 feet below the surface as well as the mature tree from the entire parkway and driveways to the south and north in front of my home replacing the well compacted sand with various sizes of rock. The street vibrations have increased and I now feel vibrations from cars as well as buses and larger vehicles.
The restoration process should have to be to replace my well compacted 118 year old sand with alternating sprays of water and tamping down to compact in order to avert any possibility of soil erosion and increased street vibrations. When excavation exceeded 8 feet the across the entire parkway in front of my house, the area should have been braced. I now know why this work was done in the dark of night. It was not done properly. The same dark of night urgency should be employed for the restoration.
I have been in contact with the Water Department who did the work and also the Department of Transportation and the Alderman Sandi Jackson's office. I have been assured that my parkway will be properly restored before July 8th when over 74,000 people per day are expected to attend the concert.
My house is 118 years old and did not have street vibrations before private drain work was performed by the city in the summer of 2010. Another story..... When my parkway was opened I saw the voids that are contributing to the street vibrations I am experiencing. Once again proper restoration was not executed. The underground was not properly compacted.
I am learning and I hope you are as well. We must be informed citizens to receive proper city services.
311 YOUR BLOCK!!!!
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