I'm "dog sitting" this week in Medford and so am walking around the neighborhood. There are a lot of trees that look ready to fall down! Our neighborhood was a "development" in 1935 and I presume many of these trees were planted then. Maybe 75 years or so is about the lifespan of these guys. I hate to see them go but when they become a hazard we have no choice.

This one is particularly bad. It was already partially chopped last year by a landscaping service and it just looks unhealthy.

I heard a neighbor two years point irony and say that he's intentionally parking his car underneath there in the hopes it comes down some day.

A DPW truck came by with two guys a day or two ago. They took a look at it and who knows what conclusion they came to.

The Malden DPW inspected this area of any unsafe/dead limbs from city sidewalk trees. It apears the tree you mentioned in this report is a private tree that is over hanging a City of Medford Street. (JS for JH)

At least in NY where I grew up, if a tree limb overhangs a sidewalk, road, or somebody else's property—then it becomes the responsibility of the town/state or another person's property. How is this law not the same here? You're saying the town is not responsible for something highly dangerous overhanging a public sidewalk and street?

It blows my mind that you guys will see an extremely dangerous accident waiting to happen and won't do anything about it.
It's sheer negligence on the DPW's behalf. If that tree falls and hurts someone, then that responsibility will all be on your department for ignoring a legitimate warning.

Cleo, what your reporting of the dead limb is correct. But this is not the City of Malden that you need to report it to. You need to go to Www. Seeclickfix.com and report it to the City of Medford it is located in Medford, Ma.

Thanks

Bob Knox Jr.
Director

Thanks. It's at the corner of Malden and Medford. The app wants to automatically mark it as Malden and I really don't know how to correct that inaccuracy.

Its on Medford Property we looked it up on our Maps before is responded to you. If you are having trouble putting it on Medford you can also Google City of Medford and go to their web page which has an attachment for See Click Fix where you can enter it right from their web page. Or you can call the DPW in Medford directly to put in your request at 781-393-2402

Thanks

Bob Knox Jr.
Director

Thanks. I had to log out of the "Malden" side of the app. You'd think the tech would be "smart enough" to automatically switch towns but apparently it's not.

Also, the maps Seeclickfix uses is inaccurate as there's no stretch of road between the corner of Victor and Maurice. It's just one big junction/corner there.

Not a problem ... Good luck

Thanks

Bob Knox Jr.
Director