We live at the end of a dead end street. We've lived here happily for decades. But living where we do, does have disadvantages - as well as advantages - the main one being no drive-through traffic.
When we first moved here, there was a large schoolyard at the end of this street. This road led into a large parking lot where vehicles could easily turn around.
But when the college acquired the property, they put big boulders at the end of the street to prevent vehicles from entering the college grounds that way... (Yes, some tried!)
The problem now is that there is no "turn basin." So if people mistakenly drive to the dead end, it's not easy to turn around. They either have to turn into someone's driveway - or make a 3-point turn. And depending on the length of the vehicle, a 3-point turn may be difficult.
Two evenings ago, a truck got stuck in the ditch in front of our house, very close to the fire hydrant. It had been raining so the ground was muddy. It took them an hour to get out.
Did they hit the hydrant? If not, they got very close.
Had the logs lying near the road across the street prevented them from going forward enough?
I called the city the following morning: WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROTECT THE HYDRANT?
Now I wonder how long it will take to find a solution. The wheels of bureaucracy often turn slowly. All the more so because this problem involves NOT ONE, but TWO, departments: forestry - to remove the logs; and roads - for the rest.
A third hiccup - it's New Years weekend!
I really hope no one else comes down our street in the dark in a truck and needs to turn around...
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