Ankle sprainer of the week
January 22, 2007 at 4:59 pm by Web Editor in NewsRemember Mayor Franklin’s vaunted "pothole posse?" Her honor promised when she ran to cut down the number of potholes in the city. It made progress, but it turns out there were a lot of loopholes in her pothole program.
Randall Vaughn wrote us and sent us these photos of a nasty spot right near the Aquarium:
"This problem corner has been reported again and again, to no avail — this is a VERY dangerous corner for MANY reasons; hazardous (broken) manhole cover, poor crossing for pedestrians — after constant complaining, someone FINALLY came and put a State Stop sign in the crosswalk, but it isn’t enough! A pedestrians traffic light is needed BADLY! Cars and trucks are
regularly moving in excess of 50-60 miles per hour on this strip, with VERY LIMITED sight distance. This is the crosswalk people use to visit the GA Aquarium — I see kids crossing this street by themselves all of the time — it’s just a matter of time before someone is KILLED, then everyone will want to do something REACTIVE! Let’s be PROACTIVE, folks, and prevent serious harm or death to one of our citizens…… These pictures were taken from our Studio’s window."
OK. So technically, it’s not a pothole. But do you know of other ankle and/or axle breakers like this around the city?
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