I think overnight parking will be fine here in Lansing, we have had it on my block for years already with no problems. The one problem I could see coming up is abandoned or derelict vehicles just left parked in front of your house.
Over in Montreal they really know how to clear the streets of snow. They have on-street overnight parking there and every block has a warning sign with a light that flashes when a snow emergency is called. The light comes on before the crews are headed to that block and you have about an hour to move your car. First, the tow trucks take any cars still parked, then a whole group of plows and machines come down the block and on many streets actually remove the snow from the street and sidewalk not just plow it into piles on the side of the street. In Mass. they just have "snow emergency routes" where no parking is allowed during snow events. The thing that is tricky with that is the authorities have to call the emergency before the snow starts, at times that is the middle of the night so a lot of cars get towed, [towtruck Holiday!] and sometimes the forecast is wrong and people get upset thinking they had to move their car or it was towed for[they think] no reason. Once people get used to whatever system it works well. I never got towed!
I was driving through Frandor today and noticed that the westbound lanes where grand river and saginaw merge together have been paved over. I tried to find the project information online to figure out if they are going to do the whole area but there was nothing on the MDOT, Ingham County, Lansing, or East Lansing websites. Does anyone know the scope of the project and/or who is actually paving this?
Let me tell you it was a long time coming, and I really hope they pave all the streets around the speedway island because it's a struggle getting through that area without hitting a bad bump with your car! I remember hearing that they were going to put a light up at clippert ave and grand river where there is currently a stop sign, I am hoping that is happening soon as well.
Looks like it is MDOT after all. I emailed them and they sent over the press release. I asked them about the EB lanes and if they are going to put in the light at N Clippert sometime soon. I'll update this post when I hear back.
I received an email back from MDOT just now regarding the EB lanes, there are no plans at this time to repave that section as the WB lanes were done with leftover funds. They said they will be looking into it again if/when funds become available once more. Kind of a shame they aren't redoing it all but I'm glad there was some maintenance at least!
Sorry for the triple post, I didn't see a way to edit this into my previous post.
Are the "islands" in the middle and the connecting streets in the township? They are some of the worst and most confusing and that's saying something!
I think I saw the access road behind the eastern Frandor building had been closed. I wonder if that is for the drain project?
I do wonder why they only have funds to repave half the lanes in the streets here, I have seen 20-mile stretches of rural "F" roads and small-town "M" state highways repaved this season and not just one side of the road. It would seem to be the best plan to repave the whole street it will just add cost in the future for not.
If you're ever interested in municipal boundaries in general you can just search a city or township on Google Maps and it will outline its borders in red.
Now that 496 is open again I would guess that is the reason they have installed a huge new electric billboard on the eastbound side. The new sign is much brighter more colorful than the old one and is also animated changing ads 30 seconds or so. I can see it from my apartment on S Washington! It is not a problem for me but It would be very bright if I was closer like the Reotown Apartments on Malcome X.
I was over on the east side yesterday looking at a sweet house for sale on Leslie Street, as I drove up to Michigan Ave I noticed police blocking the westbound lanes. I was like "oh no not more crazy trump losers in a parade". So I had to go back down to Kalamazoo to get back to the Capital City Market, while shopping I was relieved to see that it was not trump-nuts but some sort of Catholic procession, with Priests and Alter Boys leading the way in the pouring rain. I wonder what that was about? It was cool to see this urban event march by the windows while I was grocery shopping.
This is great news. There are several streets listed that I often use. One street I am going to suggest repaving is Collins Road, there are huge deep potholes resurfacing out there by the horse paddocks, it seems like this will be an even more important street to keep in good shape with the addition of the new hospital and the huge new housing complex. I am sure anyone could add at least ten streets to this list. Maybe Mayor Pete B will be sending more money from DC to the cities for streets and highways!
So many need attention, but its a start. I suppose it makes sense to focus on the major streets. I recently was driving around areas and couldn't belive the state of residential streets! I thought they were bad by me!
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Over in Montreal they really know how to clear the streets of snow. They have on-street overnight parking there and every block has a warning sign with a light that flashes when a snow emergency is called. The light comes on before the crews are headed to that block and you have about an hour to move your car. First, the tow trucks take any cars still parked, then a whole group of plows and machines come down the block and on many streets actually remove the snow from the street and sidewalk not just plow it into piles on the side of the street. In Mass. they just have "snow emergency routes" where no parking is allowed during snow events. The thing that is tricky with that is the authorities have to call the emergency before the snow starts, at times that is the middle of the night so a lot of cars get towed, [towtruck Holiday!] and sometimes the forecast is wrong and people get upset thinking they had to move their car or it was towed for[they think] no reason. Once people get used to whatever system it works well. I never got towed!
Let me tell you it was a long time coming, and I really hope they pave all the streets around the speedway island because it's a struggle getting through that area without hitting a bad bump with your car! I remember hearing that they were going to put a light up at clippert ave and grand river where there is currently a stop sign, I am hoping that is happening soon as well.
Sorry for the triple post, I didn't see a way to edit this into my previous post.
I think I saw the access road behind the eastern Frandor building had been closed. I wonder if that is for the drain project?
I do wonder why they only have funds to repave half the lanes in the streets here, I have seen 20-mile stretches of rural "F" roads and small-town "M" state highways repaved this season and not just one side of the road. It would seem to be the best plan to repave the whole street it will just add cost in the future for not.
I was over on the east side yesterday looking at a sweet house for sale on Leslie Street, as I drove up to Michigan Ave I noticed police blocking the westbound lanes. I was like "oh no not more crazy trump losers in a parade". So I had to go back down to Kalamazoo to get back to the Capital City Market, while shopping I was relieved to see that it was not trump-nuts but some sort of Catholic procession, with Priests and Alter Boys leading the way in the pouring rain. I wonder what that was about? It was cool to see this urban event march by the windows while I was grocery shopping.