Des Peres Residents Opposed to 7am Start Time for Contractors (Bill 16-2793)

People with insomnia treasure every minute they get to sleep. Starting construction an hour earlier will deprive people with insomnia of a valuable hour of sleep. Furthermore, that potentiates all sorts of diseases (e.g. heart disease, depression, dementia) and decreases concentration, making driving less safe.

KEEP THE CONSTRUCTION TIME TO 8PM!!!!!!

Do not start construction until 8:00am

9 years ago Featured

Construction people are starting before 8:00 already. If they change the ordinance to 7:00, then they'll start chipping away at an earlier time again. PLEASE leave it at 8:00 for the safety of everyone, but especially the kids!

We have already experienced problems on our street with construction starting earlier than 8am and disrupting our household and our children.

Construction should be during normal business hours 8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. I also request the 7:00 am start time during the summer be repealed.

I oppose Bill 16-2793 for the reasons stated. No valid reason for this change has been provided that outweighs the listed concerns.

No construction before 8:00 AM and no later than 5:00 PM.

9 years ago Featured

Authorizing a 7AM construction start-time would be absurd. It CLEARLY endangers our Bayberry children as they walk to school. Remember, we have no sidewalks. I strain to understand how this could even be considered. If anything, we need to crack down on the crews that are ignoring the rules in place.

7 AM start is unwarranted, unsafe for the kids and just a bad idea. I completely agree with those who have expressed the sentiment that the current 8 AM start truly be enforced. (There is so much action before 8 AM, I thought the time had already been changed.)

9 years ago Featured

Enough! The traffic of heavy equipment on our streets is ridiculous! Every day I see another mailbox destroyed. I worked construction and I know time is everything. I also know the saying " Can't see it from my house". This is what I would hear when builders broke, ruined or ran over something in a neighborhood. Keep the time 8am. So we can get our kids to school and to our jobs on time and in some peace, Not fighting traffic in our neighborhood. Thank you

I strongly oppose the 7am start time for the safety of our children. Absolutely ridiculous to pander to builders at the "expense/safety" of your residents. I'm actually offended that our city Officials are wasting their valuable time on something so blatantly obvious.

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Please do not move up the construction start time. The roads are already busy enough with families getting kids to school and work. The safety of our kids must be the priority!

9 years ago Featured

I am opposed to the earlier start time. I believe it poses a danger to the children and residents of our neighborhood walking to the area schools. The workers are already showing up earlier than the posted start time. I passed no fewer than 12 workers trucks, while driving my son to the high school at 7:30 am. The majority of the workers are out of the neighborhood by 3pm, so I do not see Day Light Savings as a viable excuse for an earlier start. The current 8am start time needs to be enforced.

Please ask contractors not to park across the street from our driveways and blocking us in.

I oppose an earlier start tome

I oppose the 7:00am construction start time.

I oppose moving the construction start time to 7:00am.

Place don't change construction starting times to earlier in the day.