Jordan Independent - public safety - Comments

I was one of those

sfiecke — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:44:13 -0500

I was one of those individuals who got a ticket, and, boy, was I stinking mad, since there was no sign identifying the road as no parking. I complained to the officers there that day and had planned to follow up with a call to the police chief, when I was notified that the tickets were revoked. I'm glad they decided to revisit the issue. I still don't know what the big deal is about parking there, at least allowing it on one side; however, if they're not going to allow parking, they better have signs.

To me, this story is a great

Brandon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:30:14 -0500

To me, this story is a great example of how the police department in Jordan really does care about the citizens of our town. I feel lucky as a Jordan resident to have the police officers that we’ve got, and it’s nice to have a police department that is not some nameless, faceless, unforgiving and unmoving force, but that is a part of the community.

I’ve walked that section

Brandon — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:36:00 -0500

I’ve walked that section of road before, and I never really thought anything of the fact that there was no sidewalk. I understand that it would make the walk to Lagoon Park safer for children and families in the area, but I guess that was never really an issue when I was a kid – we walked on the street all the time because there often weren’t sidewalks for us to use.

I am a Hillside

J-Town Knitter — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:18:45 -0500

I am a Hillside Avenue/Stuart Drive neighborhood resident and frequent visitor to Lagoon Park. I often walk "the loop" north through the Lagoon Park, up Sunset Drive, through the school campus area, and down Hillside Drive. Many people (joggers, parents with strollers, dog-walkers) take this route through Jordan's neighborhoods. I'd like to see sidewalk or tar walkway along the stretch of Hillside Drive from Stuart Drive to Park Drive. It seems odd that we provide safe walkways in the form of sidewalks up until this point, but on the last block pedestrians walk to the park, we force them to walk on the street. Though there is less traffic along this stretch than there used to be, there is still enough to warrant a safe route. There are many children in the Stuart Drive and Chad Circle neighborhoods who would enjoy a safer walk to the park if there was a walkway.