An ambulance responds in the 2500 block of Palmyra Street earlier this month.
Just one block over on Cleveland Avenue, residents have not had access to emergency services since November. The block is immediately outside the VA Footprint, but the construction work there is in furtherance of the VA project. It's hoped that the street, long torn up, will finally permit roadway access for residents in early February.
The lack of emergency services was one of the key drivers for the dozens in attendance at last Wednesday's City Council Committee hearing:
Here's the articulate and comprehensive testimony of one property owner on Cleveland Avenue, outlining all of the issues faced by the people on the periphery...after the break:
