Lights out! in the Shirlington connector tunnel – who to contact?

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  • September 21, 2011 at 11:50 pm #930373
    Arlingtonrider
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    On Monday, I contacted Arlington County about those at the trails contact that Tim Kelly posted. Arlington County sent me an acknowledgement that they received my note, but I haven’t heard anything further. My cc: to Tim got bounced back. Only the lights on the west part of the underpass were out when I went through. The others were fine. I hope they check and fix them soon. Can one of our bikearlington folks follow up?

    September 22, 2011 at 12:51 am #930377
    Tim Kelley
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    @Arlingtonrider 8388 wrote:

    On Monday, I contacted Arlington County about those at the trails contact that Tim Kelly posted. Arlington County sent me an acknowledgement that they received my note, but I haven’t heard anything further. My cc: to Tim got bounced back. Only the lights on the west part of the underpass were out when I went through. The others were fine. I hope they check and fix them soon. Can one of our bikearlington folks follow up?

    Yes, I’ll look into it. If you contacted the trails folks they usually get back within a few days.

    FYI–my last name has a second “E” in it. That might be why your email got bounced back.

    September 22, 2011 at 2:19 am #930379
    Arlingtonrider
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    Thanks, Tim! (I’m sure I missed that second “e”, explaining the bounceback.) I just wanted to be sure that the information reached the right people. Thanks so much for all that you all do.

    September 22, 2011 at 2:24 am #930380
    Arlingtonrider
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    Thanks, Tim! (I’m sure I missed that second “e”, explaining the bounceback.) I just wanted to be sure that the information reached the right people. Thanks so much for all that you all do.

    September 29, 2011 at 12:07 am #930610
    JustinW
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    Any update on this? Arlingtonrider, did you get a pulse out of the County?

    September 29, 2011 at 1:38 am #930611
    Arlingtonrider
    Participant

    I did, but just a pulse at this point. I received an email today stating that they had received my message and had forwarded it to the appropriate unit, and that the writer was waiting to hear back. I plan to stay on top of this and will keep you posted. Check your messages if haven’t posted anything further about this here by the end of the week. I also mentioned it to a couple of people at the WABA meeting last night.

    September 29, 2011 at 2:00 pm #930613
    consularrider
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    Most of the lights under I-395 are not just out, but missing the covers and bulbs with exposed wiring. In the two and a half years this has been open, I really don’t recall that it was ever well lit after dark or during the daytime.

    October 3, 2011 at 2:50 pm #930684
    Tim Kelley
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    After Arlington County staff connected with VDOT on this topic, we were informed that this actually falls under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. I’m still looking into details on who to contact regarding this and will let you know.

    October 3, 2011 at 4:51 pm #930689
    KLizotte
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    @consularrider 8659 wrote:

    Most of the lights under I-395 are not just out, but missing the covers and bulbs with exposed wiring. In the two and a half years this has been open, I really don’t recall that it was ever well lit after dark or during the daytime.

    Wow, the tunnel is only 2.5 years old and the lighting is in that poor a condition?! I noticed the exposed wiring this weekend. What a shame.

    October 3, 2011 at 5:12 pm #930690
    DaveK
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    @KLizotte 8746 wrote:

    Wow, the tunnel is only 2.5 years old and the lighting is in that poor a condition?! I noticed the exposed wiring this weekend. What a shame.

    If I had to guess I’d say it’s not natural wear-and-tear…

    October 3, 2011 at 6:32 pm #930693
    JustinW
    Participant

    Ok, I just spoke with the person who deals with this stuff (in Alexandria, as that part of the trail is in Alexandria) and he says the lights were repaired last week. Must’ve been after Wednesday evening, as they were still out then. Has anyone been through there since to verify? I can check later today….

    October 3, 2011 at 6:39 pm #930694
    Tim Kelley
    Participant

    I went through on Friday and they were not fixed. Must be talking about a different section of trail.

    October 3, 2011 at 7:36 pm #930695
    JustinW
    Participant

    Well poop. I have left a message to that effect, asking that the lights be fixed soon, and asking for an ETA. Will post if anything comes out of this….

    October 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm #930696
    Overtone
    Participant

    Went under 395 this morning on the four mile run trail (just being specific to make sure we’re talking about the same place). It was pitch black.

    October 4, 2011 at 3:58 pm #930704
    Tim Kelley
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    @Tim Kelley 8740 wrote:

    After Arlington County staff connected with VDOT on this topic, we were informed that this actually falls under the jurisdiction of Alexandria. I’m still looking into details on who to contact regarding this and will let you know.

    The drama continues–the latest is that it isn’t Alexandria who maintains this section…

    I continue to pass along details as I find out more. This was a topic at the BAC meeting last night.

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