Finally: After 6 emails in 2 months, Tanager Lane's speed bumps are repainted for safety



It took some serious nudging, but the city's Department of Public Works has put reflective safety markers on the new Tanager Lane speed bumps.

This was an issue because when the street was repaved recently (thank goodness), the speed bumps were replaced -- but not marked, so they were practically invisible at night. And that presented a serious safety issue for drivers.

We reached out to the Mayor's Action Center, our City-County Council Representative, the Area 1 Mayor's Neighborhood Advocate, and finally the leadership of the Department of Public Works directly. Councilor Nick Roberts, who earlier put Tanager Lane at the top of his paving request list, contacted DPW, as did Dhara Marquez, our contact in the mayor's office, but more than two months went by without action.

Then we asked for your help in a Nov. 3 blog post, with a link to the Mayor's Action Center and a suggestion to contact Councilor Nick Roberts.

And you did it! One week later we got a note from Oren Killebrew with DPW Operations to say a crew was on the job. Along with the speed bump markers, they added crosswalk striping at the Hague Road entrance -- an important safety measure for pedestrians, including students headed to Lawrence North High School across the road. They also added white stop strips at all the stop signs off Tanager Lane.

There's a lesson for us here: When you pitched in to let DPW and the MAC know about the heavily cratered streets in Eagle Nest, the city came through with dozens of patches in several passes through the neighborhood. When you and Councilor Roberts let them know that Tanager Lane badly needed repaving, we got that done. But the job wasn't finished, and unwary drivers were getting jolted by those speed bumps. Then, the city heard from you and they finally stepped up.

That's the power of neighborhood action. Your volunteer neighbors on the Eagle Nest Board usually have several issues like this going at any one time (like the streetlight we're trying to get replaced on Warbler Way). We nudge, cajole, and push as best we can - -but sometimes the real action doesn't happen until they hear from *you* -- and the more, the better.

Thanks for helping with this, and please keep us in mind on future projects to help the neighborhood.

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