The Daily Gripe: July 18, 2010 - July 24, 2010
Circle of confusion
Who's Responsible: District Department of Transportation Number of Votes to Fix: 15 The intersection of New York and Florida avenues in Northeast D.C. is one of the busiest in the city. It was also one of the most dangerous, which...
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July 23, 2010; 10:50 AM ET |
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New hours for spraygrounds in Arlington
Who Got it Done: Arlington Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources As the thermometer heads to 100 degrees this week, Arlingtonians are getting a bit more break from the heat at its spraygrounds. After we reported a gripe here a couple...
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July 21, 2010; 6:04 PM ET |
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Neighbor: Road an 'accident waiting to happen'
Who's responsible: Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation Number of votes to fix:1. To hear a neighbor describe it, Jones Mill Rd. north of Jones Bridge Rd. in Chevy Chase sounds like a dicey proposition for pedestrians, bicyclists...
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July 20, 2010; 4:59 PM ET |
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Neighbors: Crack threatens to swallow car tires
Who's responsible: Montgomery County Department of Public Works and Transportation Number of votes to fix: 1. While not exactly the sinkhole that swallowed a car in Dupont Circle last week, the nearly foot-wide seam that has opened on Cape May...
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July 20, 2010; 10:55 AM ET |
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Brush blocks view at intersection in MoCo
Who's responsible: Montgomery County Number of votes to fix: 1 An unruly patch of what appears to be kudzu or a kudzu-like vine has overgrown the corner of Capitol View Avenue and Stoneybrook Drive in Silver Spring. The vines have...
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July 19, 2010; 5:31 PM ET |
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Crosswalk signals are dark in Alexandria
Who's responsible: City of Alexandria Number of votes to fix: 1 There are a set of brand new crosswalk signals near the corner of Mount Vernon and Commonwealth avenues in Alexandria, but there's one small problem: They're not turned on....
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July 18, 2010; 6:01 PM ET |
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Shining a light in a dark place
Who got it done: Montgomery County Department of Transportation What does it take to get a street light fixed? The answer depends on who the light belongs to. Silver Spring residents said that a broken street light on the pedestrian...
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July 18, 2010; 5:11 PM ET |
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