Thank you for your concern GSDMom. Yes, you are right about the free roaming cats. Although animals and kids sometimes have a knack for escaping. The neighbor behind me has a toddler that likes to help with yard work. I amazed every day with a lack of concern theses drivers have for safety. It only takes one freak accident for a kid to get seriously hurt. Just trying eliminated the chance off it happening.

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I agree with you on the apeeding as well as people seem to be using the alleys like streets lately, i stay about a block from you and along with people racing up and down the alleys i as well see alot more cars. Oming thru that dont even beling to any residents in the nieghborhood, drive 3,4 or more bloxks then turn out onto a street.

The sad thing is that i think this possibly falls under police enforcement and anything that has to do with that the police have to actually be onsite to witness the wrong doing themselves in order to do something, i know this from trying to report wreckless drivers.

Now dont take me the wrong way im not saying dont complain or that your wasting your time cause your not, and a splutiin has to start somewhere.

Yeah, this speeding is out of control Pickles. I didn't think complaining to police would be right since they have their hands full with other crimes in this neighborhood. I have lived here for 6 years now and within the last 6 months. I have seen things getting worse in our area. Seems like the police helicopter up just about every night and my alley has become the dirt road version of the Autobahn. You should see the garbage man coming down the alley!! Funny how the ruts always happen near the garbage cans. I would hate to see how much the city spends in brakes!!!!

Lmao, garbage man that doesbour neighboorhood is completely worthless, does more damage to peoples property and the alleys than actual work. Everytime he shows up at my place i have to reposition the can and rake out the surrounding areas that he screwed up

The Transportation Department can consider alley humps if it's a paved alley. If it's not, we post 10 MPH signs on the trash collection containers. We'll check it out.

Well I guess this is the answer. Thanks for at least doing something though. I hope speeders will now read the posted speed limit sign on the trash yet it is posted on 1 side of 1 can. What about the other entry? The sticker was also just thrown on, crooked, bubbled. looks ridiculous. These are an eyesore. We are trying to clean up the alley not take steps to make it look worse. I understand that a paved alley is out of the question but are there no metal signs or poles in the budget? Doesn't property taxes cover items such as this and maintaining alleys? Thanks for cheapest fix possible and glad to see that we care enough about children that you will put a sticker on the trash can for them. Maybe at least your crazed trash man will slow down since he has no excuse now not to right.

So, it's very difficult to place a flat adhesive sign sticker on a round container. Sorry it does not meet with your standards. We did place two speed stickers, the other one is on the receptacles at the other end of the alley for traffic in the opposite direction. We can not place signs in alleys because the whole right-of-way is designated for travel and the garbage trucks would just knock them down. We can not place signage on private property off the alley right-of-way. If you have an issue with the speed of the garbage trucks you need to report this to the Sanitation Department with the truck number and time of day.

Got it, cheapest fix and hope the homeowner's shut up. I guess when you don't have to look at then you don't care. Plus are you stating that the garbage cans and street lights are on private property? I think it is more like a alley easement and is not private property. I have seen signs posted in alleys and not on trash cans also. What division do you work for anyway?

If you would like to discuss this issue in more detail please call me directly at 893-7843

I see tge solution for speeding is atleast a bit better, even tho it wont help at all in my mind.

Lol.. It is joke but it is all we get.

Hey, at least ya'll get that. We're considered "county" where our home is. We can't get ANYTHING done on our streets or alleys. ;-)

Lol.. GSDMom.

The City of St Petersburg periodically reviews past reports that are made from citizens within our city limits, and in an effort to clean-up old issues that were resolved some time ago, we are marking as 'closed' those issues that were submitted in the past for which the work has been completed or the issue has otherwise been resolved.

If you think for any reason that the issue you submitted in the past might still be unresolved, please feel free to submit a new report with the SeeClickFix St. Pete website and we will make sure the issue is directed to the appropriate City department to be addressed as soon as possible.

Thank you - MAC