New item-Buford Highway
Elizabeth Ellis is tired of darkness on the interstate.
“This is, I believe, my third or fourth letter to you about the traffic lights that are out along Exit 86, the Buford Highway access road, off I-85S, which takes commuters to the intown neighborhoods. I first wrote about four years ago when I counted 24 lights out along this route and along the stretch of I-85 above,” said Ellis.
She said she wrote one of the TV stations who contacted the DOT and got a response saying, “Oh, yeah, the lights are out along the fly over. We’re working on that.”
“Now that the days are short again, I drive home at night in utter darkness and with much anxiety. We are a modern and prosperous city. Why is it impossible for the DOT to replace lightbulbs that are out along a busy stretch of highway?”
We sent her issue to the DOT and got a quick response.
“I’m not sure where she would have gotten that response about the flyover — unless we were not finished with the project and therefore the lights had not been connected yet. Nevertheless, this isn’t us. Interstate lights are the responsibility of Atlanta Public Works,” said DOT spokeswoman Natalie Dale.
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Who’s looking into it: Natalie Dale, Georgia Department of Transportation, ndale@dot.ga.gov.
New item-Atlanta
Martha Stringer wants to see something done about a pothole.
“For months there has been a deep pothole on Art Center Way, just opposite the entrance to Midtown parking garage. It has been possible to avoid it, when approaching from West Peachtree St, by hugging the curb on the right. But should one’s left wheel fall into it, the tire is a goner. Recently, a steel plate was put in place over the deep hole, but now the plate has shifted so that the hole is almost entirely uncovered. The hole needs to be filled in,” she wrote.
We sent the item to the city and will update you on the issue.
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Who’s looking into it: City of Atlanta Department of Public Works Commissioner Richard Mendoza, 404-330-6240, rmendoza@atlantaga.gov
New item-Atlanta
J. Dubac Preece is concerned a injury could occur unless a water main cover is fixed.
“The attached photos show a broken water main cover that someone can easily fall in and break a leg or worse. The whole sidewalk area is broken down and needs to be replaced,” she wrote.
We forwarded her item to the city’s Department of Watershed Management and will keep you updated.
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Who’s looking into it: Department of Watershed Management department director of communications and community relations Scheree Rawles, SCRawles@AtlantaGa.Gov.
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