Derek

Cars leaving the David Fairchild School drop-off or pick-up are all going South on SW 58th Ave. Many then turn immediately onto West-bound SW 45th Terrace - this block of 45th Ter. has no sidewalks so kids walking to school are forced to walk in the street - cars coming around that corner are cutting close to the edge of the street (going too fast). Without some crosswalk enforcement and re-engineering someone is going to get hit.

There is a damaged side walk on the West side of SW 58th Ave. directly across the crosswalk from David Fairchild Elementary School. The address is approximately 4499 SW 58th Ave. Some one dug up the sidewalk and left it w/ a big hole and pieces of broken concrete. This is a hazard to school children and families and all pedestrians trying to use this sidewalk.

Every other block within walking distance of David Fairchild School has sidewalks for the children and parents to walk on except this one short stretch of SW 45th Ter. between SW 58th Ave. and SW 58th Ct. Unfortunately this is the main route for kids walking from any of the neighborhoods East of the school. The roadway isn't wide enough for two cars to pass and avoid brushing pedestrians on the road. At school hours the kids are in danger of being hit by distracted drivers.
PLEASE INSTALL A SIDEWALK HERE. THANK YOU!

Drivers attempting to avoid rush-hour traffic on Bird Rd. at SW 57th Ave. use Algardi Ave. as a short cut. This is a typical Coral Gables residential street - very narrow with no sidewalks. In the morning hours drivers enter this street with the sun in their eyes and accelerate sometimes to 40 mph. This is a serious risk to the residents who want to walk from their homes to anywhere. There are schools in the area and parents walking children to school. Please put some traffic control in place here before someone is killed or injured.

Drivers on this stretch of Red Rd. are not observing the school speed limit. With the narrow road and cars lining up to turn onto 45th St. for the school, the school crossing on Red is becoming very dangerous. Please call the School Police 305-238-5906 and request enforcement. Some enforcement of the crosswalk right-of-way might be needed as well (see picture). Parked across the crosswalk, Black Acura SUV FL# Q88 5GK, didn't get the red-light runner's plate...yes that walk sign was indicating "safe" to walk :(

Kids and families walking to David Fairchild school use this crosswalk from 7:45 to 8:30 am and 2-3:30 pm on weekdays - the button for walk signal can take a long time to change the light so many people don't bother to use the button. This could be fixed by making the signal more immediate to the button push. Also there are two crossing guards at the end of Fairchild basically just directing traffic while the folks trying to cross the busiest road in the area, Red Rd. are left trying their chances against traffic. If the school district/city can't come up with another guard then they should move one of those two to the Red Rd. crossing.

If you push the button to get a walk signal to cross 27th Ave. on either side of Coral Way, the walk signal never comes.