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Mount Pleasant residents press council for repairs to bridge, park and long-unpaved street
Summary
Public commenters from Mount Pleasant asked Cleveland City Council for repairs to a rusted bridge on Kinsman Avenue, a deteriorated parking lot at Luke Easter Park and paving for Reservoir Place Drive; speakers provided work-order numbers and said they have waited years.
Residents of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood used the public comment period on May 19 to urge Cleveland City Council to address infrastructure and park maintenance needs, including a rusted bridge on Kinsman Avenue, a pothole-damaged parking lot at Luke Easter Park and a long-unpaved residential street.
LaShorn Caldwell said she filed a 311 work order for the bridge—work order 135620—and described the structure as “deplorable” and “rusted” with overgrown vegetation. She also cited a work order for Luke Easter Park, number 872772, and described a parking lot with “large holes” and decayed canopies and benches.
Caldwell said she and neighbors have waited for decades to have Reservoir Place Drive repaved and offered the idea of creating an “uptown alliance” to bring sustained investment similar to downtown projects. “When our streets get paved in our community, you pave the street. You don't have enough DC to give us a curve,” she said, citing differences between recent Shaker-area improvements and conditions in Mount Pleasant.
Speakers requested clearer timelines and a plan for prioritizing neighborhood repairs. No formal motions or votes addressing Mount Pleasant infrastructure were made during the meeting; council staff were not recorded as responding with a schedule or commitment during public comment.
