5 Points (The Intersection)
There was a post (yesterday?) about 5 Points and how great it is to see the neighborhood bustling with people with the sunny spring weather. I’m all for it. I live here. You can absolutely debate if the businesses are actually affordable or do anything for the surrounding neighborhood in a different post. I love seeing it busy and it’s great to have people walking about, regardless of where they’re coming in from. BUT. There has to be something done with intersection. Cars are double parked or parked directly in the crosswalks blocking sight lines. Families with little kids or people walking their dogs are going back and forth between Butter Block, Remedy, and Five Points. If I’m driving on my way out, I’m nervously watching for a stroller to pop out from behind a truck or someone on their phone just wandering through the intersection. If I’m walking to get a coffee I’m half expecting a car to run me over. I already made a post about this last summer and lots of recommendations were thrown out. Been living here for a while and to my knowledge nothing catastrophic has happened so maybe it’s just a matter of convenience and hope the worst never happens? The point of all this being, what’s the best way to have the city look into this intersection and make adjustments to make it safer for everyone? 311 isn’t it. Do I contact the council person who represents the neighborhood?