Description

the intersection of 5200 block Bryan Av is a stop sign, that dead ends at its intersection on Munger Av. There is outside construction being preformed on Munger Avenue Methodist Church, and that church's front access area is fenced all around the front and sides with a tall cyclone chain link, The contractor or the church has chosen to hang a banner or sign on the side of the fence on Munger Av, That sign blocks the view a driver sees when stopped at the Bryan and Munger intersection and requires the driver to roll into intersection to improve their line of site, before committing a turn into approaching traffic. The traffic coming from alongside the church is frequently above the speed posted, The resulting situation leaves a very narrow window to avoid a perilous situation as no approaching driver can be aware of limited view when already committed to enter their turn . I have submitted a view of the sign and the aspect view of the driver. I have reported this to 311 to Ruth and requested a e-mail response, That incident # is 601478, that was 4Aug@13:00 and assured a response in 24 hours. There has been no response. The view I have included shows a perspective of a white car stopped at the sign I am speaking of. When that driver looks back left from his current location he must roll into the intersection to get a view not impeded by that sign hanging on the fence. When he is rolled beyond the sign location and is entering the intersection an approaching driver coming at him from behind that sign has a very narrow window to react. Go and watch what I am describing during a rush hour period and you will see what I mean. The real upshot of this situation is the local traffic cops are aware of this and instead of working with drivers to improve the situation, they have chosen to use this intersection to issue a spate of traffic citations at the corner, for exactly what I am describing, rolling beyond a barely visible white line at that stop sign, in order to improve their view prior to committing a entry into oncoming traffic. The solution is to move the sign back down Munger and place a warning of construction in progress, slow traffic down there, Paint the white line at the stop sign. Make the cops part of the solution and not the problem. Good luck with that last one.

I reported the issue on line to 311, due to a lack of response. I received the following response.

Thank you for contacting the City of Dallas to report your concern regarding - 5200 BRYAN ST, DALLAS, TX 75206. Your SR # - 10-00676873 has been assigned to the Department of Code Compliance; Service Request Type - Signs - Other - CCS. Your concern will be addressed within 5 days. The estimated completion time for service requests of this nature is 21 days.
In the event this Service Request should be addressed by another City department, your request will be forwarded to the appropriate office for response. Please note that the response time for your concern may be extended due to the change in the service type.

Please contact our Quality Assurance Office at 214 670-5708 if there is a problem or concern regarding the system or Code procedures, please contact the 3-1-1 Office if you have any questions regarding your request for service. Please provide them with your Service Request Number.
So the issue # has changed, and a resolution is ticking to 21 days for Code Compliance to visit the sign -- 28 days after a initial request was made through 311 by phone a online request to 311 documented the issue added another 3 weeks and made a promise to visit. I will keep you posted.