Description
Major potholes and deep ruts on Taylor Avenue between 627 Taylor and Webster Street. Also, standing water due to lack of proper drainage.
Major potholes and deep ruts on Taylor Avenue between 627 Taylor and Webster Street. Also, standing water due to lack of proper drainage.
24 Comments
City of Alameda (Verified Official)
Mich415 (Registered User)
Palace Court - one way dead end block, POORLY neglected, big sewer holes on corner of Palace Ct and 6th ( a pedestrian's nightmare) and no parking spaces are painted/indicated anywhere on this block.
Many people park on both sides of this one way street, even though signs are in place indicating NO STOPPING on NW side of the street. Help us please!
gerstle (Registered User)
Maria (Verified Official)
gerstle (Registered User)
Acknowledged PW Engineering Laurie (Registered User)
Mich and Steve,
This case appears to include several concerns. I can address some of them now. For others, you will need to clarify your request in a new comment.
1. "POORLY neglected". The Pavement Condition Index (PCI) – the average condition of the asphalt for all of the City’s streets - was recently found to be 71 out of 100, or "very good" which is better than Oakland (60) or San Leandro (57). Palace Ct has a PCI of 44. We are currently spending $3M to $5M per year to resurface street. We pave 3 to 5 miles per year out of the 125 miles of streets that the City is responsible for. At this rate, it takes 20 to 40 years to repave all of them. Palace Court was constructed about 30 years ago, so it is likely that it will be resurfaced within the next 10 years.
2. "big sewer holes on the corner of Palace Ct and 6th". I assume you are not speaking of open sewers. That would be an emergency for which you would be requested to immediately call Public Works. If you are speaking about the openings to the storm drain culverts, that is a different issue. We have hundreds of these old-style culverts and we are planning to replace them all, eventually, with the newer style culverts that have openings in the vertical face of the curb, such as can be found one block south at Sixth and Central. Crushed and blocked culverts have the highest priority on our repair list. The old-style culverts do cause clearance issues if someone parks too close to them. For that reason, the curb leading up to the culvert on each side has been painted red. If this needs to be refreshed, or if you think a longer spaces should be painted, reply to this comment with your specific request.
3. "(a pedestrian's nightmare)". I am not sure why the storm drain openings are considered to be a pedestrian's nightmare - are the pedestrians walking in the gutter? Are they straying outside of the marked crosswalk and falling off the edge of the curb?
4. "no parking spaces are painted/indicated anywhere on this block". The City does not usually paint parking tees except at high use areas, such as in front of schools and in the business district. Adding parking tees in a residential area generally decreases the number of cars that can park on a block, because the tees are all marked for the longest likely car. Three compact cars can park in the space needed for two full sized cars, but we can only mark the tees for full sized cars. If you and your neighbors would like to have tees in your neighborhood, please make a specific request as a new comment.
5. "Many people park on both sides... even though signs are in place indicating NO STOPPING". The illegal parking is an enforcement concern. I have forwarded this issue to our police department.
6. "The culverts on this corner need reflectors". If there is a true concern that bicyclist are biking in the gutter within inches of the curb, and not noticing the culverts at the corner, this could conceivably be an issue. At San Antonio and Union, on one corner only, residents requested reflector paddles be installed to aid in parking. This could be done at Palace if found feasible. See attached photo. If you are interested, please note your interest by replying to this comment.
PW Engineering Laurie (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
There is a lack of proper drainage on the 600 block of Taylor. Towards Webster Street, water pools and does not drain properly due to slope problems. Toward the west end of the 600 block, there is also a problem with drainage. The open culverts are immediately adjacent to the crosswalks. When water backs up, it is difficult to see the eight inch drop off. Reflectors have been placed at similar locations elsewhere in Alameda, so this intersection, adjacent to a church, school and childcare center, should have them as well. As for the parking tees, I believe that another resident raised that issue separately. The City conducted a study which verified the lack of street parking in the area. If tees are not the answer, perhaps you could suggest another solution to the problem? The illegal parking is another indication of the lack of on street parking.
This is a high volume pedestrian, bicyclist, dog walker area due to its proximity to churches, schools, shopping, parks and transit.
PW Engineering Laurie (Registered User)
Ponding and drainage issues are a problem throughout West Alameda because of extremely flat terrain. We will address the drainage as much as practicable when we repair and resurface the street. It would not be wise to do the repairs now, only to have the work torn up by sewer repair in a few years.
It sounds like you are requesting reflectors at the northeast and southeast corner of Taylor and Sixth (600 block Taylor). Is this correct?
gerstle (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
Mich415 (Registered User)
Ray (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/2187412-city-manager-contact-question
cmcaron@yahoo.com (Registered User)
gerstle (Registered User)
Public Works Director Liam Garland (Registered User)
All:
We appreciate your advocacy for helping this stretch of street improve. I've forwarded your input on the poor drainage and potholes on the 600 block of Taylor to Laurie Kozisek, the Public Works' engineer who is in charge of developing our 20 year plan for street resurfacing. That plan is being worked on currently, and Laurie will incorporate your input into that plan. I've also asked Laurie to work with Alan Ta on the question of putting up reflectors at the three culvert locations on 6th and Taylor.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to call me on my direct line, 510-747-7962.
Thanks,
Liam
gerstle (Registered User)
Mich415 (Registered User)
Public Works Director Liam Garland (Registered User)
Closed PW Engineering Laurie (Registered User)