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

**JustinW** · 09-21-2011, 06:25 PM

Kids,

Who can I contact to report lights being out (burned out or smashed, it seems) on the Shirlington connector's underpass / tunnel under 395?

With increasing amounts of darkness, having good lighting in that long stretch would make a lot of people more comfortable.

Justin

**Arlingtonrider** · 09-21-2011, 06:50 PM

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?

**Tim Kelley** · 09-21-2011, 07:51 PM

Originally Posted by Arlingtonrider

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.

**Arlingtonrider** · 09-21-2011, 09:19 PM

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.

**JustinW** · 09-28-2011, 07:07 PM

Any update on this? Arlingtonrider, did you get a pulse out of the County?

**Arlingtonrider** · 09-28-2011, 08:38 PM

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.

**consularrider** · 09-29-2011, 09:00 AM

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.

**Tim Kelley** · 10-03-2011, 09:50 AM

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.

**KLizotte** · 10-03-2011, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by consularrider

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.