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There is a small cement curbing that extends out in the intersection of W Mercury Blvd and Martha Lee Drive as you make a left from Martha Lee Drive onto W Mercury heading south, i.e. between the 2 Mercury Blvd lanes. Clearly this was an after thought to protected the cross walk. The curb, aka cement island is not painted, at one time years ago there was a pole marker showing where the curb started because it jets so far into the intersection. It was taken out via of cars hitting it. Please paint this thing yellow, add one of those pole marks so you can see it. It totally blends into the roadway and if you make what you think is a normal tight left turn you run up and over it. Just about one of the worst ideas someone had. Even when you know it is there in bad weather poor light tough to judge how far you need to swing around it, you just can't see it because your headlights are focusing forward and it's off to the left. Just look at the tire markings on it. That should give you a clue.
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Walter Burton, TDT (Guest)
notaworkerspraygalremembertoclosecityres (Guest)
What (Guest)
Gee, another post whining about fewer workers, these pop up in the Newport News reports too, same style of writing.
"I attend meetings...study charts"? Where Newport News, Hampton?
The Hampton issue/problem isn't lack of workers, it is the lack of taxes coming into the Hampton. Builds like the Peninsula Town Center, where Hampton locked in a hugh amount of the taxes generated from the PTC to pay off the 96 million 30 year bonds that Hampton had issued to get the owners to build this is one of the main problems. Town center? All I see is yet another mall box constructing with faux store fronts on very narrow city streets to be torned down in mass and replace in 30 years. Hampton loses money to improve the rest of Hampton as the above taxes are locked in. The PTC robbed other liked businesses of the same ilk in Hampton. Example, the Mongolian BBQ place that was located just across the PTC for years. One overpriced Mongolian BQQ opened in the PTC, the one across the street changed hands, then closed, lack of business. I used to eat there all the time, you could afford to eat there. The PTC one I think is now closed, i think, I don't shop there. The one across the street payed its taxes to Hampton, the PTC not so. Where is the gain here? Ask a city council member how much taxes per year goes to pay the bonds off, ask how long must the bonds be paid, as how much is that shopper fee in dollars goes to the bonds, ask if any additional tax money has had to diverted from outside the PTC to help the bonds off since the build. Ask for the dollar figure minus the bond payments that makes it to Hampton's general fund that is generated here . Ask why the Goodwood store is closing? This store has been there for many years, generating steady taxes, not anymore. Ah Hampton's pipe dream, the Master Plan, over priced housing, overpriced cheesy franchised stores.
If they redo the redo of downtown Hampton expect another hole in the Hampton tax payer pocket.
To the Goodwood store, move to Newport News, my guess you will be welcome.
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Maria Garcia Tran-McGinty (Guest)
Wallace grommet (Guest)
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Felix El @#$% (Guest)
Jean Allero (Guest)
costs than city wokers),thus they will be replaced in a timely manner to satisfy the merchants. Contractors work to contract specs and only at the job hired for..or taxpayers get a bill ;unlike city workers whom are pulled constantly from their jobs to tend to other work in or out of the arena they were hired for
as those way above the laborer demand preformance for.This is one of the many reasons city landscaping never gets properly maintained and in a timely manner.Your Parks department currently has 6 men mowing the city where 40 could not do it. The handle all the special events,schools,all the parks,the ball fields (school and city,dittchlines,lots,economic developments needs,some housing dept needs,codes dept needs,support public works in storm prep/recovery,parades,party for the drunks,Ft Wool,Ft Monroe,the newly acquired Harbor Square apt playgrounds along with school/park play grounds,shelter maintenance,boat ramps and the list goes on.
Closed yearendpurge (Guest)
This post will be losed for the end of year 2012. If this issue has not been addressed to the satisfaction of the orginial poster, Please open another blog in the 2013 year.
Thank you.