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Animanialmanac t1_j7mm87x wrote

Is your staff authorized to give tickets to tractors trailers parked illegally? Or to tractor trailers who travel through residential neighborhoods where they aren’t supposed to?

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j7rkdqc wrote

You bet! We did a crackdown on truckers who were parking in Pigtown last month.

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Animanialmanac t1_j7rnguj wrote

Thank you for responding. Is there any way you can do a crack down in Oaklee, Violetville and Saint Agnes? The same district as Pogtown but often we don’t get the same services. Truckers park along Southwestern Boulevard, the 3800 block. They idle the trucks which makes a terrible noise and pollution for the people who live over there. They dump trash, the bottles of urine and bags from their travel potties with toilet paper and feces on the side of the road. It’s not a fun time to clean up. I go to the Oaklee block meetings, people are moving away because of this problem. Another area for crackdown could be Haverhill Road and Pine Heights Avenue, one way short cuts for trucks between Benson Avenue and Wilkens Avenue but these are residential only streets, no through trucks are allowed. This area is worse than it has ever been in my years living off Wilkens, I won’t walk through there because of the trucks going off the road onto sidewalks to make the turns. The old Violetville Community Association had speed bumps installed on Pine Heights which helped, there are still trucks driving through.

I live in Saint Agnes, Little Violetville the kids call it. The trucks park along Wilkens Avenue, Unetta Avenue, Primson Avenue, sometimes for a short while sometimes overnight for days or weeks. These roads are small it’s difficult to navigate out to Wilkens Avenue around the trucks. A dear friend of mine was in a terrible accident because she couldn’t see around the trucks. This was a few years ago, I believe the motorcyclist she hit passed away from his injuries. The old community association had bollards installed to prevent this type of accident. With more trucks here now it is a true safety concern again. I greatly appreciate your help, we’ve been without a community group for a long time the neighborhood is getting forgotten.

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j7rq9xj wrote

Certainly! The more 311 reports we get, the more hotspots will be in that area, and will be subject to targeted enforcement.

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Animanialmanac t1_j7sfy4b wrote

I forgot to mention the corner of Bloomfield Avenue and Saint Benedict Street. This is not a tractor trailer parking, it’s a car with an expired license plate used by a heroin dealer as his shop. He sits in the car during the evening and night to sell, he stays inside a vacant home during the day. Every now and then In” see him drive to the gas station, for the most part the car is on the corner for weeks at a time without moving. The city police said they can’t do anything because this is a DOT matter, because of the expired licensed plates. The county policeman who comes to our block meeting is certain city police could mark the car for towing if they wanted, but he hasn’t worked for city police for years so the process may have changed. The car is parked past the no parking sign at the corner, making it hard to see around the corner to turn, plus the people who come to the area to buy from leave litter around. I asked my neighbor, she has called 311 about the expired licensed plates multiple times. There should be 311 requests about it. Do you need the 23- number from her?

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BmoreCityDOT OP t1_j7ulm91 wrote

Hmm. The best thing to do in this situation would be to call 311 back with the SR number, and ask for a status update. It may already be marked for towing.

When calling, you can say “I’d like to check on the status of my service request. Would you mind looking up the details in the Salesforce system for me please?”.

This will get you the most information.

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Animanialmanac t1_j7wbyf7 wrote

DOT closed the requests as “gone on arrival”, even though the car is still there.

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