Street Conditions

I found this PDF on the city website where on Page 54 it shows the current road conditions as of 2010. Thought you all might find this interesting.

ktf, I was on the street repair committee years ago. Had meetings periodically. Alot of gum flapping. Not too much real action nor content to them. Died on the vine with no real value gained from it. End result as of today.......the city says if you want your street repaired/repaved, ya gotta convince all your neighbors to go along with it and have the costs added to their property taxes for the next decade or two. Haven't heard of one neighborhood that has "taken advantage" of the city's offer to shaft the property owners.

They will never get to the residential streets (unless you live in the historic districts of course ) Lived on Stratford Dr. in Ward 1 for 20 years. Houses built in the late 70's on that street. Still has the original blacktop and is slowly going to the subsurface. That neighborhood won't see road work for at least another decade at best. Same for most residential areas. I believe you said you moved into Ayershire subdivision. That was the latest and greatest in subdivisions in the 60's. Now, forgotten about by the city like most other areas that were once valued. Countryside around Shirm, Nelson and Riverview was the high roller area in the 60's. Now, also forgotten about by the city. On my way to work, I travel through the Oaks, where some high rollers live now. Even those streets have issues as to maintenance. Manchester Manor, another high roller area prior to the Oaks being built, could be added to the list of neglected areas.

Study of the neighborhoods.....I've lived here for 48 of my 64 years. Most who have lived here that long will tell you that the areas of town that were once prominent, have been infiltrated by people who haven't maintained the standards that were once held in those areas of town. Grand Ave., for example, use to be real nice from Highland St. on out past Jackson Lane and out to Breile. Now.......not as nice as it once was. The homes have turned over since the heyday of the 50's and 60's and have not had the level of care that was given by previous owners. Kensington St., Euclid......even Dorset Dr.....all were once just "a little nicer" than what you see today IMO. Same with the larger homes between Jackson Lane and Breile on Grand as you go further out east. Anything east...north of Highland was once considered "really nice and respectable". Now, the emphasis in "niceness" has shifted to the north/northeast toward the Marshall/N. Breile/ Manchester Rd. areas, with pockets of "niceness" occasionally concentrated in small locations for the rest of the city. In general, the whole town, no matter what the area, looked "a little nicer" and neater 40 years ago. Now, not so much. There are exceptions of course. Rosedale Rd, west of Breile, has been one of the few areas that has maintained itself, looking much as it did 50 years ago. The Highlands around the old hospital area, McGee Ave..... the same. Very nice areas. Different breed of homeowner with less disposable income for upkeep perhaps occupying property nowadays. JMO Others may disagree.

Edited by VietVet - Dec 21 2012 at 7:19pm