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re: Lakeview road rebuilt more than foot higher than residents' driveways
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:44 am to dagrippa
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:44 am to dagrippa
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if the slope is as steep as it looks to be, she'll have ground clearance issues with cars too
frick a car in Lakeview.
My wife looked at me crazy when I opted for the 4WD. It's looking like a better decision every day
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Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:44 am to LNCHBOX
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"DPW is in the process of verifying the new elevations to ensure that the roadway was constructed to the design elevation. The front yards and driveways that have been affected will be corrected and filled to accommodate the new grade of the roadway as part of this project."
This translates to "we will make sure and pile up and slope a bunch of dirt in your yard to make sure all flood waters are funneled directly into your living room."
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to BigPerm30
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Her shite is low. That’s her problem.
look at all of the houses across the street. they are fine. she needs to get her house lifted. 
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to hubertcumberdale
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What a joke of a city. Very fun to visit, but I dont think I could ever live in that shite hole again.
I'm thoroughly enjoying living a block off of audubon park with no flooding and very minimal, if any, crime
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to Ed Osteen
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The new street signs after the city rebuilt Louisiana avenue will always be my favorite NOLA frick up. How many people did these get by unnoticed to the point of being put in the ground?
Luziana bruh
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to SlowFlowPro
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b. how the frick does she get in/out of her driveway for the 2 years it will take to do that?
You'd have to park on the street
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to GumboPot
She's almost certain to be dealing with this clusterfrick for the rest of her life. Only solution I see is a grade adjustment from near her slab down (i hope) to the road. I sure hope this is the absolute worst case and there aren't that many people with this situation.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to atrain5
That woman will be dead and gone before anything happens
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:45 am to atrain5
Whenever you hear this phrase issued by the City that Care Forgot “the city is aware of this issue” you can take it to the bank that the people are fricked and it’s never going to be fixed.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:46 am to arseinclarse
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c. How does a licensed engineer not notice this is a gigantic frick up?
Probably used one from SUNO
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:46 am to atrain5
70124life
At least the homeowners will not be able to back out of their driveways quickly endangering the children playing in the street.
Also makes it harder to pull door handles unless they are driving a lowrider.
At least the homeowners will not be able to back out of their driveways quickly endangering the children playing in the street.
Also makes it harder to pull door handles unless they are driving a lowrider.
This post was edited on 9/18/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:48 am to LNCHBOX
quote:this seems about the only way to make sure the yard doesn't have a low point that wasn't there before, but what do you do about the fact that the right-of-way line ends at the back of the sidewalk? that's something the lady was alluding to in the video. the city owns up to the back of the sidewalk and can only fix it up to that point.
I'm going to assume the elevation of the homes is higher than the new roadway, so tearing out the existing yards and driveways and filling the area and then rebuilding the yards and driveways.
in order to work in the part of her yard that she owns, they would need some sort of agreement like a construction servitude, which they'd have to pay her for. but all of those right-of-way agreements are done before plans are finished, and she would have had to have already been approached by the city real estate negotiators before construction.
the article and video doesn't say one way or the other, but if she was never approached to "fill in her yard" before construction, then that means they didn't know/realize/care, and now they're covering their asses and saying it'll be fixed.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:48 am to Powerman
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b. how the frick does she get in/out of her driveway for the 2 years it will take to do that? You'd have to park on the street
Eh, stopgap you could construct a steel ramp that didn’t impede water flow and was at a low enough grade to accommodate the car safely, but in doing so you’d block the sidewalk.
This is a perfect example of how cheap and quick ends up being more expensive and lengthier in the long run
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:49 am to the4thgen
The elevation of her house looks really low.
She’s definitely going to flood.
What a clusterfrick.
She’s definitely going to flood.
What a clusterfrick.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:50 am to link
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this seems about the only way to make sure the yard doesn't have a low point that wasn't there before, but what do you do about the fact that the right-of-way line ends at the back of the sidewalk? that's something the lady was alluding to in the video. the city owns up to the back of the sidewalk and can only fix it up to that point.
The way the comment reads tome is that they are going to fix the issue by doing work beyond the right of way and on her actual property.
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in order to work in the part of her yard that she owns, they would need some sort of agreement like a construction servitude, which they'd have to pay her for. but all of those right-of-way agreements are done before plans are finished, and she would have had to have already been approached by the city real estate negotiators before construction.
the article and video doesn't say one way or the other, but if she was never approached to "fill in her yard" before construction, then that means they didn't know/realize/care, and now they're covering their asses and saying it'll be fixed.
It seems more likely to me that this chick is just grandstanding and that all of this is already in place, but I've become very cynical.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:52 am to IH8ThreePutts
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She’s definitely going to flood.
My money is she'll fall from that step and break her hip.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:54 am to atrain5
I remember they did this same thing when they rebuilt hwy 447 in walker about 10 years ago. But it was an even higher slope down to the business parking lots.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:56 am to Saskwatch
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My wife looked at me crazy when I opted for the 4WD. It's looking like a better decision every day
how does 4wd help with streets?
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:59 am to link
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this seems about the only way to make sure the yard doesn't have a low point that wasn't there before, but what do you do about the fact that the right-of-way line ends at the back of the sidewalk? that's something the lady was alluding to in the video. the city owns up to the back of the sidewalk and can only fix it up to that point.
in order to work in the part of her yard that she owns, they would need some sort of agreement like a construction servitude, which they'd have to pay her for. but all of those right-of-way agreements are done before plans are finished, and she would have had to have already been approached by the city real estate negotiators before construction.
the article and video doesn't say one way or the other, but if she was never approached to "fill in her yard" before construction, then that means they didn't know/realize/care, and now they're covering their asses and saying it'll be fixed.
exactly
either she's going to have a pretty steep "Ramp" to the street (which may frick up a car and will flood like shite) or they're going to have to tear up everyone's yard to get it level, which will also just basically create a path for flooding.
Posted on 9/18/19 at 10:59 am to LNCHBOX
quote:Yeah, but how long were you incovenienced? They have already experienced that part of the inconveience when the road was being "fixed." This is going to be quite a while. Possibly years.
This is funny, but I've not had access to my driveway before when repaving was happening. If you don't want the shitty Lakeview streets, occasionally you will be inconvenienced while they're being fixed.
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