Department of Public Works PLUS

Open Issues: 324 • Closed Issues: 3,910 • Acknowledged Issues: 21
  • 162 Summer Street Watertown, Massachusetts, 02472 - Watertown
    Occupants of this home illegally placed large stones on a public sidewalk to prevent any sort of vehicle parking there !! These are a huge safety issue for any vehicle or pedestrian and I ask the town to immediately remove them a notify renters of their violations!
  • 57 Dexter Ave Watertown MA 02472, United States - Watertown
    Sidewalk panel is being pushed up, creating a tripping hazard
  • 146-148 Grove St Watertown Town, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown
    There needs to be a sidewalk here. Many people walk here to get to the cemetery. If you walk on the other side of the street, there is no crosswalk to cross the street safely to get to this side entrance of the cemetery. There is a desire path here, so you can tell hundreds of people walk, run, bike on this side of the street. Please extend the sidewalk.
  • Sidewalk or curbAcknowledged
    195 Mt Auburn St Watertown MA 02472, United States - Watertown
    Frequent standing water due to degradation of or no real planting strips on Franklin St of 195 Mt Auburn St Franklin St road in this area has many potholes and degraded road surface without curbs and missing green strip -see 21-23 Franklin St asphalt
  • 48-48 School St Watertown Town, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown
    Coming down Walnut St from Mt Auburn to take a right on School St near Arsenal St. This bumpout sidewalk isnt viewable in the evening and I ran my car right into it. I have tire and hubcap damage and will confirm today the requirements to fix it. Id like to log a FORMAL COMPLAINT . Kindly Tracey Mangham
  • School St & Walnut St Watertown Town, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown
    Turning right onto school st from walnut st, a new curb was built that juts out where previously the road was two lanes, changing the traffic pattern with no signage to indicate this. The curb is difficult to see. I blew out a tire and one of my colleagues did as well less than a week prior.
  • 90 Cypress Street Watertown, Massachusetts, 02472 - Watertown
    Resident reporting sidewalk is uneven/requesting pave
  • 375 School Street Watertown, Massachusetts, 02472 - Watertown
    Patch of the edge of the sidewalk, 4 foot concrete section missing, creates storm runoff. Request to replace.
  • 202r Summer Street Watertown, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown
    Commission on Disability representative escalated a crack in the linear path that needs to be filled. This is located just before the path meets Forest St. slightly after the Giraffe statue.
  • Sidewalk or curbAcknowledged
    26 Waverley Avenue Watertown, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown
    Sidewalk panel torn up, probably by a snow plow, at the corner of Linden and Waverley.
  • 163-199 Walnut St Watertown Town, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown

    1) Lexus has a sprinkler system (water) watering their lawn on Walnut St, usually after 7 pm. The water sprays onto the public sidewalk and you cannot walk on the public sidewalk without becoming soaked. Please have them redirect their sprinklers onto their lawn and Not the public sidewalks (waste of water also).

    2) Construction is being done on the public sidewalks at/near all of the corners of Walnut & School St and Dexter and School St. There are few signs (not adequate or visible) showing where to walk or not. Unsafe conditions.

  • N Beacon St & Charles River Rd Watertown Town, MA, 02472, USA - Watertown

    This is a very dangerous intersection for pedestrians. In order to get to the other side, pedestrians must cross 4 lanes of traffic, protected by nothing more than some paint on the ground. Nearly every time I try to cross this intersection as a pedestrian, drivers do not yield. And even when those in the near lanes yield, drivers in traveling in the other direction often do not, leaving me stranded in the middle of the road.

    While these driver are at fault, the pedestrian infrastructure at this intersection is frankly insufficient. Look how far back the crosswalk starts on the side near Greenough Blvd. Pedestrians must step off the curb long before they are visible to drivers. This is exacerbated by the fact that drivers approaching from the Boston side of the river have a limited line of sight until they crest the hill of the bridge.

    A curb extension and pedestrian-activated crossing lights would help make pedestrians at this crossing more visible to drivers. A pedestrian hybrid beacon would also be a possibility.