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Item: Atlanta (Fulton)

We received one of the most unusual requests last week that we have seen in more than a decade trying to make sure government works for you.

“There has been a grocery basket where you merge onto I-75N from 14th Street. It is on the left side. (It’s) a hazardous situation. There are also big pieces of tires on the freeway,” wrote Lynn Barr.

We sent the issue to the city and will alert you when it is fixed.

Days on the list: 2

Who’s looking into it: DOT spokesman Natalie Dale, ndale@dot.ga.gov

Update: Atlanta (Fulton)

In October, we told you about Patrick Edmonson’s long-term issue.

“What is broken is my sidewalk . . . back in 1990. City sewer folks showed up and dug holes in the street, then dug into the sidewalk at 443 Lakeshore Drive, worked their way down, digging a hole in the pavement, and then moved down and digging another,” he wrote.

Edmonson said he had Atlanta Gas, Atlanta Water and Sewer, and city engineers looking for something they would not say.

“They dug up the sidewalk and carted off the debris. The crew reached my house and cracked up the sidewalk with a backhoe, and piled the chunks of concrete in a heap on my yard where they have remained. My neighbors on both sides and I complained and were told there was a financial crisis, and they would return in a month to fix our sidewalks,” he said.

Edmonson said the sidewalk is dirt and becomes mud impassible to strollers.