City of Malden PLUS

There was another bad accident at the intersection of Medford St and Madison St last week. When is the city going to get serious about traffic safety and pedestrian safety in this area? The Medford/Madison/Bell Rock St area is plagued by traffic, speeding, aggressive drivers, wrong way drivers, loud modified mufflers, heavy trucking that shouldn’t be on residential roads, and blatant disregard for stop signs, traffic lights, one way signs, and pedestrian safety. It’s terrifying as a driver, pedestrian, and resident. Many complaints have been submitted, but no changes have been made. This area urgently needs traffic calming measures and safety improvements.

I am at 88 Mt Vernon St, on the second floor. Our apartment abuts the Early Learning Center. The rats were pretty bad all fall/winter but over the last month they have gotten horrible. On Friday 6/24 my roommate and I counted 52 rats in about 20 minutes. I have contacted my landlord about this, but I also think the school needs to address the issue.

Every day at 3 o’clock when the school gets out, five buses pull up to transport the students home. For these buses are all lined up outside school on Charles Street and one bus is at the corner of Highland Avenue and Charles Street. Cars cannot maneuver down Highland Avenue to turn right onto Charles Street because of the buses and also the buses are blocking the crosswalk. Several times the school year residence of Monsignor Nagel apartments have called 911 and the ambulance have not been able to maneuver down the street because of all the buses on one side of the street and cars stopped at a red light on the other side.
This is an extreme safety issue and we all know during a medical emergency that every minute counts.

I would appreciate this problem being taken care of if somebody was to go there around 3 o’clock. They would notice the problem the charter school also has a school on Emerald Street with two parking lots which basically I never used, my suggestion is take half of the buses from Charles Street and put them on Emerald Street and this would alleviate the problems.

This is also a safety issue for pedestrians who are trying to cross the street. I would appreciate some feedback on this problem, since I have a dress to previously, and nothing has come of it.

Just saw this post on The Patch. Not sure why more voters here in Malden aren’t UP IN ARMS regarding the reassignment of polling locations across the city. IT MADE ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE!

We’ve voted at Ferryway for as long as the school has been open …. NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY! Went to Ferryway yesterday to find that we were reassigned to Suffolk Manor! SUFFOLK MANOR SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN! Air quality was extremely poor. Felt bad for all who worked the polls and had to be there all day long! Ferryway on the other had was nearly EMPTY … EXTREMELY POOR USE OF MAN/WOMAN POWER AS WELL AS SPACE!!!

Not sure what, if anything can be done before November, but, polling assignments should return to the way they were. No question. Hope action is taken to right the wrong …. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER!!

Hope prompt action is taken on this ClickFix! I’ve gotten way too many “anniversary emails” for previous ClickFixes sent in that were NEVER ACTED ON. Why have this platform in the first place if many important issues brought to the table are ignored??

Again, certainly appreciate prompt action on this important matter.

Thank you.

Hello
Our neighbor has a truck and it's been leaking oil for the last two months. The malden fire department has been out once because it was so bad. They have refused to fix it and it is now beginning coating the street from 50 Newhall to the corner of high street.

Ctrl @ 41 Lebanon St advertises they have a "small bar" on the property--is this legal? Do they have a liquor license?

This is like the 4th time in probably a week where the residents of James Street have been prohibited from parking on our street for construction purposes and it’s yet another day of no construction at all. It’s incredibly frustrating of the city to not take the residents of James Street into consideration. If there is NO construction that will be occurring on a specific day, then let us park as we normally do! With kids out of school, many families are home for the summer and asking us to park a block or two or even three away when it’s clearly unneeded is an annoyance at the least and a hardship to some families.

Dexter Estates was draining their swimming pool into the street/city sewer yesterday. I’m wondering…is this allowed?