Sidewalks

[Cavman]

I am so glad we pay a sales tax on gas, a gas tax that just went up and a tire tax, and vehicle registration just so the DOT can put in side walks while closing 2 lanes of the busiest 4 lane road in madison. When does the DOT ever actually get audited by the general assembly to see where they spend and how they do?

 

[El Conquistador]

I am heading down to my place in Madison this weekend. Where is this closed road you speak of?

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Speaking of 'sidewalks'... In a couple small towns I occasionally drive through, they redid the sidewalks and added the red bumpy dots at the ends... Some of these 'sidewalks' have been covered in sod for decades. I should have been in the business to refurb all the small town sidewalks...

 

[Cavman]

I am heading down to my place in Madison this weekend. Where is this closed road you speak of?

All along clifty drive. They're running 2 lanes. So really making it slow

 

[Cavman]

Speaking of 'sidewalks'... In a couple small towns I occasionally drive through, they redid the sidewalks and added the red bumpy dots at the ends... Some of these 'sidewalks' have been covered in sod for decades. I should have been in the business to refurb all the small town sidewalks...

Yea can't help but think the company that got the contract is located in same town as our new state rep.

 

[Cameramonkey]

And dont get me started on Indy.

If you pull a construction permit for ANY reason, if your property doesnt already have a sidewalk, you must add one as part of the project. Even if the project doesnt have any outdoor components to it.

So you want to remodel the interior and it needs a permit to do? Gotta add a sidewalk.

I guess its to make it so that eventually everybody's going to have a walk because eventually every property will get changed. Thats the theory anyway.

I'm pretty sure this sidewalk is now going on 10 years old. Zoom out and see just how ridiculous this is. Not another section on the entirety of the road.

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[Cavman]

And dont get me started on Indy.

If you pull a construction permit for ANY reason, if your property doesnt already have a sidewalk, you must add one as part of the project. Even if the project doesnt have any outdoor components to it.

So you want to remodel the interior and it needs a permit to do? Gotta add a sidewalk.

I guess its to make it so that eventually everybody's going to have a walk because eventually every property will get changed. Thats the theory anyway.

I'm pretty sure this sidewalk is now going on 10 years old. Zoom out and see just how ridiculous this is. Not another section on the entirety of the road.

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That is maddening.. I emailed my step rep to ask when they plan on asking how the DOT spends their money cause it sure ain't on roads. I am sure itll be ignored like the other emails

 

[red_zr24x4]

Speaking of 'sidewalks'... In a couple small towns I occasionally drive through, they redid the sidewalks and added the red bumpy dots at the ends... Some of these 'sidewalks' have been covered in sod for decades. I should have been in the business to refurb all the small town sidewalks...

The red bumpy dots are ADA ramps ya know for disabled people (ADA= American Disabled Act)

 

[KMaC]

And dont get me started on Indy.

If you pull a construction permit for ANY reason, if your property doesnt already have a sidewalk, you must add one as part of the project. Even if the project doesnt have any outdoor components to it.

So you want to remodel the interior and it needs a permit to do? Gotta add a sidewalk.

I guess its to make it so that eventually everybody's going to have a walk because eventually every property will get changed. Thats the theory anyway.

I'm pretty sure this sidewalk is now going on 10 years old. Zoom out and see just how ridiculous this is. Not another section on the entirety of the road.

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And the new sidewalk is your improvement on your property but the city will tell you the construction specs and when it needs to be replaced, even though they haven't replaced their sidewalks in the right of way in decades.

 

[Creedmoor]

The red bumpy dots are ADA ramps ya know for disabled people (ADA= American Disabled Act)

And they should have been done in the middle 90's with all the ADA laws came into effect.

 

[El Conquistador]

All along clifty drive. They're running 2 lanes. So really making it slow

Thanks, that won’t affect me getting to my place.

 

[Brad69]

Same thing down here evidently it’s federal money and contract.

Its ADA related and has nothing to do with IN DOT or roads.

Everyone down here was ready to linch city hall over it.

 

[Cavman]

Same thing down here evidently it’s federal money and contract.

Its ADA related and has nothing to do with IN DOT or roads.

Everyone down here was ready to linch city hall over it.

Where do ya find information for that? Dot website only says for sewer and drain and side walk.

 

[Brad69]

It was in our local paper down here. They said it was a statewide project.

Might be a different thing for your area?

 

[Cavman]

It was in our local paper down here. They said it was a statewide project.

Might be a different thing for your area?

Might be. This road has never had sidewalks and honestly 0 need.

 

[KJQ6945]

And dont get me started on Indy.

If you pull a construction permit for ANY reason, if your property doesnt already have a sidewalk, you must add one as part of the project. Even if the project doesnt have any outdoor components to it.

So you want to remodel the interior and it needs a permit to do? Gotta add a sidewalk.

I guess its to make it so that eventually everybody's going to have a walk because eventually every property will get changed. Thats the theory anyway.

I'm pretty sure this sidewalk is now going on 10 years old. Zoom out and see just how ridiculous this is. Not another section on the entirety of the road.

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It’s 30th and Arlington. Muggers need a place to mug.

It was probably a “shovel ready job”.

 

[red_zr24x4]

And they should have been done in the middle 90's with all the ADA laws came into effect.

Anytime we cut a walk to install pipe at a corner we have to install one , even if it wasn't there before.
When i worked in Chicago, if we tore out 1 ADA, we had to replace the other three

 

[Bugzilla]

The red bumpy dots are ADA ramps ya know for disabled people (ADA= American Disabled Act)

So the non ADA people can twist an ankle or worse and because part of the ADA.

 

[Mij]

So the non ADA people can twist an ankle or worse and because part of the ADA.

Or you could just step 2 foot left or rite and step off the curb. Just a thought.

 

[red_zr24x4]

Or you could just step 2 foot left or rite and step off the curb. Just a thought.

Wha?? you're a madman!