We, the undersigned residents of Chico, petition the City of Chico to construct a 150 ft stretch of ADA compliant sidewalk along the south side of E. Lindo Avenue between E. 9th Ave and Arbutus Ave. This stretch (currently unimproved) would connect two existing sidewalk facilities and make a complete contiguous connection to vastly improve pedestrian safety from vehicles.
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As a resident of the Sunset neighborhood in Chico, I often walk with my two young children along the south side of E. Lindo Avenue between E. 9th Ave and Arbutus Ave to get to S&S Market. This street frontage (adjacent to the property with the bunnies/Thai massage) has no sidewalk and its unimproved condition is typically overgrown with vegetation and its uneven terrain can be unsafe for some pedestrians. Folks that are in wheelchairs, pushing strollers, or other wheeled items (baskets, etc.) are often forced into the roadway to utilize the paved surface for passage, where they have to contend with vehicle traffic.
E. Lindo Ave is a highly traveled vehicle corridor, also used by pedestrians including the elderly, disabled, young children, and parents pushing strollers. People from the neighborhoods east of Mangrove Ave. typically use this route to get to the Mangrove bus stops, S&S market, other Mangrove Ave. shops, and to the lighted intersection and crosswalk at 9th Ave/Mangrove.
The property owners along this stretch have done an admirable job periodically tidying up the space during their ownership over the past several years, but it is City right-of-way and should be maintained as such.
Given that existing sidewalk facilities exist on either side of this short stretch make constructing a sidewalk relatively easy. However, we as residents of this neighborhood must demonstrate its importance to the City. Please take a moment to sign the petition below to help improve pedestrian safety in our neighborhood.
Thanks!
Link to Google Maps Street View of the street: https://goo.gl/msEmwH
Link to overview map of the area: http://goo.gl/XM1eZo
Questions: [email protected]
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UPDATE - 12/5/2017
Hello all,
Looks like there is some movement not only on this specific project, but also towards a Lindo Channel Master Management Plan in alignment with the City's ADA Transition Plan. In the ChicoER this weekend:
http://www.chicoer.com/government-and-politics/201...
And also a link to the Staff Report highlighting E. Lindo Ave to Hwy99 undercrossing and until Neal Dow Ave as a priority area for making complete accessible routes.
http://chico-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_i...
While the Lindo Channel Master Management Plan has no current timeline, this project is on the City's radar. Also, I imagine the LCMMP would address several other Lindo Channel related issues, so this is a good thing!
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13 Comments
There is a blind woman with a large dog who lives on Arbutus just after the corner "bunny" house. She has to squeeze down this street and does so when going to S&S or even up to K-Mart . Please widen the street on the channel side, taking out part of the curve to improve visibility while installing this much-needed sidewalk. And the North section of the alley right next to the massage portion of the Pern/Peter house is hard dirt, gets huge potholes, and deserves asphalt or cement...the rest of the alley is cement in that block. Thanks City employees for prioritizing this need, it is really dangerous as Peter points out...particularly for Lauren, the blind 60ish woman.
I live on Arbutus Ave. very near this section. I think it would greatly increase the safety of myself and other pedestrians. Honestly everytime I walk this section I am worried about being struck by a vehicle.
As much as I'd love to have the sidewalks on my portion of Arbutus improved, I would ask that you make this short stretch a priority instead!
This is a very dangerous section of road that needs immediate attention for the public's safety.
I fully support this request and must add that cars traveling on that stretch often speed through this section and many times have had to rapidly dive for the fence to avoid large speeding trucks or cars. A traffic speed limit sign posting in both directions as well as speed bumps or traffic calming structures would improve safety on this stretch also.
Please remedy before an accident happens.
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We, the undersigned residents of Chico, petition the City of Chico to construct a 150 ft stretch of ADA compliant sidewalk along the south side of E. Lindo Avenue between E. 9th Ave and Arbutus Ave. This stretch (currently unimproved) would connect two existing sidewalk facilities and make a complete contiguous connection to vastly improve pedestrian safety from vehicles.
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As a resident of the Sunset neighborhood in Chico, I often walk with my two young children along the south side of E. Lindo Avenue between E. 9th Ave and Arbutus Ave to get to S&S Market. This street frontage (adjacent to the property with the bunnies/Thai massage) has no sidewalk and its unimproved condition is typically overgrown with vegetation and its uneven terrain can be unsafe for some pedestrians. Folks that are in wheelchairs, pushing strollers, or other wheeled items (baskets, etc.) are often forced into the roadway to utilize the paved surface for passage, where they have to contend with vehicle traffic.
E. Lindo Ave is a highly traveled vehicle corridor, also used by pedestrians including the elderly, disabled, young children, and parents pushing strollers. People from the neighborhoods east of Mangrove Ave. typically use this route to get to the Mangrove bus stops, S&S market, other Mangrove Ave. shops, and to the lighted intersection and crosswalk at 9th Ave/Mangrove.
The property owners along this stretch have done an admirable job periodically tidying up the space during their ownership over the past several years, but it is City right-of-way and should be maintained as such.
Given that existing sidewalk facilities exist on either side of this short stretch make constructing a sidewalk relatively easy. However, we as residents of this neighborhood must demonstrate its importance to the City. Please take a moment to sign the petition below to help improve pedestrian safety in our neighborhood.
Thanks!
Link to Google Maps Street View of the street: https://goo.gl/msEmwH
Link to overview map of the area: http://goo.gl/XM1eZo
Questions: [email protected]
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UPDATE - 12/5/2017
Hello all,
Looks like there is some movement not only on this specific project, but also towards a Lindo Channel Master Management Plan in alignment with the City's ADA Transition Plan. In the ChicoER this weekend:
http://www.chicoer.com/government-and-politics/201...
And also a link to the Staff Report highlighting E. Lindo Ave to Hwy99 undercrossing and until Neal Dow Ave as a priority area for making complete accessible routes.
http://chico-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_i...
While the Lindo Channel Master Management Plan has no current timeline, this project is on the City's radar. Also, I imagine the LCMMP would address several other Lindo Channel related issues, so this is a good thing!
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13 Comments
I’ve been nearly run off the road more than a couple dozen times in the last 20 years just walking home from shopping at my sweet local Sn S store. How I wish we had better safety on this stretch used by all of us !
There is a blind woman with a large dog who lives on Arbutus just after the corner "bunny" house. She has to squeeze down this street and does so when going to S&S or even up to K-Mart . Please widen the street on the channel side, taking out part of the curve to improve visibility while installing this much-needed sidewalk. And the North section of the alley right next to the massage portion of the Pern/Peter house is hard dirt, gets huge potholes, and deserves asphalt or cement...the rest of the alley is cement in that block. Thanks City employees for prioritizing this need, it is really dangerous as Peter points out...particularly for Lauren, the blind 60ish woman.
I live on Arbutus Ave. very near this section. I think it would greatly increase the safety of myself and other pedestrians. Honestly everytime I walk this section I am worried about being struck by a vehicle.
As much as I'd love to have the sidewalks on my portion of Arbutus improved, I would ask that you make this short stretch a priority instead!
This is a very dangerous section of road that needs immediate attention for the public's safety.
I fully support this request and must add that cars traveling on that stretch often speed through this section and many times have had to rapidly dive for the fence to avoid large speeding trucks or cars. A traffic speed limit sign posting in both directions as well as speed bumps or traffic calming structures would improve safety on this stretch also.
Please remedy before an accident happens.
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I’ve been nearly run off the road more than a couple dozen times in the last 20 years just walking home from shopping at my sweet local Sn S store. How I wish we had better safety on this stretch used by all of us !