THE SITE: Bay Marina Drive near Marina Way in national City |
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STILL WAITING: Plans to repair an extremely bumpy railroad crossing in National City appear to be on track.
As we wrote in February and again in April, the crossing on Bay Marina Drive near Marina Way is so rough that motorists need to slow to a crawl. The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway promised to make repairs but wanted National City to share in the estimated $90,000 repair cost.
During the past several weeks, the railroad, National City and the San Diego Unified Port District have been working on a solution. The railway will handle the largest portion, about $41,000, said Lena Kent, a railway spokeswoman. National City has agreed to pay up to $24,000, city engineer Maryam Babaki said; and the port expects to contribute at least $25,000, spokesman John Gilmore said.
In general, railroads handle repairs to tracks and the area within 2 feet of them, while local governments handle street repairs beyond the 2-foot limit. In this case, the port was approached because many big-rig trucks heading for facilities on port property drive over the crossing each day.
Kent said the railroad hopes to start the repairs by the end of June; the work should take about five days.
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE: Melvin Thomas, manager of public projects for the railway, who can be reached at (909) 386-4472 or melvin.thomas@bnsf.com. Maryam Babaki, National City's city engineer, who can be reached at (619) 336-4383 or mbabaki@ci.national-city.ca.us.
IT'S FIXED: Tall, brown weeds have been cleared from a vacant lot in San Diego's Morena neighborhood that we wrote about two weeks ago.
After the property was inspected by the Fire-Rescue Department, a company that contracts with the city informed the property owner that he had until May 21 to cut back weeds.
WHO GOT IT DONE: Deputy Fire Marshal Eddie Villavicencio, who can be reached at (619) 533-4435 or evillavicencio@sandiego.gov. To report potential vegetation hazards on public or private property, call the Fire-Rescue Department's brush and weed abatement section at (619) 533-4444.
NEED A PROBLEM SOLVED: Is there a problem government hasn't fixed despite your complaints? Whether it's a missing bus bench or an unkempt park anywhere in San Diego County, Just Fix It might be able to help.
Complaint forms are at justfixit.uniontrib.com, or call (800) 820-8714.
