by amapaspv | May 3, 2016 | News | Noticias, Security | Seguridad, Street
Yes, we know that topes can be a pain in the… suspension. And, yes, thanks to Transito, we have some new ones on our highway. But they serve a purpose: preventing accidents, saving lives. And these particular topes are a ‘three-fer.’
ANA doesn’t just wave a magic wand and make things happen…though we often wish we could. We have to formally petition for City approval and action with explanations and photographs. Like many prayers, ours aren’t always answered, and when they are, we often need to pay, or at least contribute substantially, for the improvements we request.
That’s the case with the new topes on Highway 200 at Callejon de la Igualdad. We made the request for three reasons: 1) members who use the crosswalk often have to dodge the speeding cars, taxis and trucks that whiz around the blind curve at high speed. 2) The beer store on the corner draws customers who often park helter-skelter, blocking the Callejon and making it hard or impossible for cars and taxis to turn off the highway…making them sitting ducks for the next speeding driver to come around the curve. 3) If you’re heading into town on the highway and want to make a left-turn onto Calle Pulpito, you often have to wait for oncoming traffic or the cars and taxis already lined up on Pulpito to clear. Because of the blind curve behind you (see #2, above), you’re a sitting duck for the next driver to rear-end you.
Transito has promised to paint and monitor the new topes, as well as both intersections. In the meantime, we hope we’ve improved three traffic-safety and pedestrian issues with a handful of topes.
by amapaspv | May 3, 2016 | News | Noticias, Security | Seguridad
ANA recently hosted a breakfast with six key City officials at Casa Cupula’s ‘Taste’ Restaurant to discuss issues and needed improvements in Amapas.
Police Chief J. Antonio Rodriguez, Director of Public Safety Lic. Jesús José Rodríguez Campoy; Sub-Director of Bomberos & Proteccion Civil: Cmdte. Adrián Elíseo Bobadilla García; Sub-Director of Transito Josefina Ibarria; Deputy Transito Director Everardo Rubio; and Arq. Rodolfo Macías Gómez: Sub-Director of Obras Publicas, Representing ANA: President Tom Swale, Treasurer Don Pickens, and Liaison Ing. Fernando Hernandez.
- Item #1 was preventing erosion caused by summer rains from undermining Los Pinos just above the first turn. The Director of Proteccion Civil said that he recognizes the rains are once again approaching, and promised immediate action. We’ll keep you posted.
- To improve emergency and security communications, the Chief of Police requested our help obtaining new and more powerful radios. Because of your generous donations to the Police & Bomberos Casita, ANA has the funds available to help out.
- On Upper Hortensias, Proteccion Civil will soon produce a dictamen of risk concerning the slow-motion sinkhole that has appeared in the pavement nearVillas de Colina II and El Campanario. ANA presented a petition to Transito to remove a ‘permanently parked’ car there that was forcing traffic to drive across the sinkhole. (The apparently abandoned car has since been removed, making driving there safer).
- Obras Publicas agreed to proceed with ANA’s Hortensias Repaving Project, and asked that we write a formal letter to Mayor Davalos to get his personal support for the project (Our letter official letter to Mayor Davalos has been delivered).
- Transito informed us that our request for ‘speed reductors’ (also known as topes) for the Highway 200 crosswalk at Callejon de la Igualdad had been approved, and they would soon be installed.
- Also discussed was ANA’s plan to clear and pave the sidewalk area on the west side of the highway. We requested any highway improvement plans in the City files as a starting point, but were informed that the area falls under joint local, state and federal jurisdiction, so approvals could be complicated. Nevertheless, our research & planning is officially underway.
by amapaspv | Apr 19, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street
You may have noticed some new cement curbs and stripes of yellow ‘caution’ paint along the pavement on Calle Gardenias – your ANA at work.
While making those safety improvements, we discovered recent erosion that could undermine a section of pavement between Selvamar and Diane’s landmark palapa-roofed home. ANA immediately alerted Proteccion Civil, which sent out investigators, and is now preparing an official Dictamen de Riesgo (Official Opinion of Risk).
The Proteccion Civil investigators told ANA representatives that the erosion has been caused by water backing up and overflowing the street because the pipe that is supposed to carry it under the pavement is too small.
They suggested installing a larger pipe, which could then conduct ALL the rainwater into the watercourse below without causing more erosion. Unfortunately, they also said that the City doesn’t have the resources available to make this improvement on its own.
The good news is that the threat to Gardenias does not seem to be immediate, so we have time to act.
This may be another opportunity for the neighbors to work together with ANA in a “50-50-50 Project,” where ANA and affected neighbors (50-50) can share the cost of construction materials and supervision, with ANA managing the project, while the City’s Obras Publicas department provides the labor and machinery (the other 50% of the cost) to get the job done.
by amapaspv | Apr 12, 2016 | News | Noticias, Street
Repaving Hortensias from Highway 200 to La Cima I will benefit everyone who lives on or visits Hortensias or Gardenias, and improve our property values.
Our announced deadline for funds is April 15, when we will officially inform City Hall that we have the money to pay for our share of the project, but we will continue to raise funds to cover the surprises and opportunities that a major public works improvement project like this inevitably encounter once construction begins.
Be part of the solution! You can chip in your share and/or check our funding progress at www.GoFundMe.com/FixHortensias — if you haven’t already made a contribution, please go there now!
Our thanks to everyone who has already pledged or contributed, including:
ALREADY CONTRIBUTED:
Vista Romantica
Monte Vista
Renaissance
Brisa Lunar
Las Hortensias
Estrellita del Mar
Vista Amapas
Myrna Brown
Irene Brumbaugh
W. E. Dean
Selva Mar
Tom and Patty Stathopoulos
Rolf Engstrom and Larry Leebens
Lauren Spray and Harvey
Sue Hinves
Avalon
Bill Ragan
Jeff Marsh
Stuart Schneider
Chris Ryder
Brad Price Kevin Case
David Arpin
Bill and Mary Fellows
Bob & Steve & Ed & Jon
Alan Pyle
John Lance Erikson
Rosemary Sheffield
Tom Swale
Terry & Ron Prill
Vicky Rhyne
Shane Noseworthy
Maria Restrepo Forte
ALREADY PLEDGED:
Villas Loma Linda
Ken Shanoff
BE PART OF THE SOLUTION: If you haven’t already pledged or paid, please do so now! Contribute at www.GoFundMe.com/FixHortensias or contact Viviana Teston at admin@amapaspv.com or 322-244-0185 to pay by check or make other arrangements.
by amapaspv | Apr 1, 2016 | Street
The Amapas Neighborhood Association (ANA) has been working with Puerto Vallarta’s municipal government to pave cement tracks on Calle Hortensias (entrance to Gardenias and Hortensias condos) from Highway 200 to the fork at La Cima 1. ANA has obtained a commitment from City Hall to provide the labor and equipment – about half the total cost…if neighbors can raise the funds for materials and project management.
Our total share of the cost is only $200,000 pesos = about $11,100 USD.
If we share the cost fairly among the 200+ private homes and condo units on Hortensias and Gardenias, we can do this quickly and painlessly.
How It Works
The donor should write a check or contribute cash to the ANA. ANA will issue a Factura, and – in the unlikely event that we don’t reach our goal, we will inform the participates by April 15th and your money will be fully refunded by the end of April.
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