Description
In the Main St WB bike lane there are 2 sets of 2 pipe holes in the street that are very deep in the pavement and pose a serious hazard to cyclists, who are likely to be riding at high speed coming off of the downhill at the end of the Longfellow Bridge. They are unmarked and nearly impossible to see at night.
Please smooth out the pavement around the pipes so that they are not so hazardous and mark them with bright colors so that they are easily visible to cyclists at night.
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Public Works - JN (Operations) (Verified Official)
Adam (Registered User)
peterd (Registered User)
Public Works - DA (Inspections) (Verified Official)
Acknowledged Water - RH (Verified Official)
Water - RH (Verified Official)
Water - RH (Verified Official)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Public Works - JS (Admin) (Verified Official)
Public Works - EC (Inspections) (Registered User)
Public Works - EC (Inspections) (Registered User)
Public Works - DA (Inspections) (Verified Official)
Public Works - EC (Inspections) (Registered User)
Neighbor (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Adam (Registered User)
Neighbor (Registered User)
Closed City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Reopened John Hawkinson (Registered User)
DR: Why do you believe this to be on State property?
When I last spoke with TP&T regarding this area of Main Street, in the context of the bike lane and buffer and parking configuration, I was advised that although MassDOT's contractors executed the work as part of the Longfellow Bridge reconstruction project, it was in fact a City of Cambridge street and the work was done under the supervision of the City.
So I do not think it is state property and would appreciate your confirming the source of that? Thank you.
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Neighbor (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Acknowledged City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Thank you, Dan, for your advocacy here. I went by today this afternoon to take a look, and here's a composite of the 3 photographs I took.
As you can see, there are three pairs of these wells, and the first pair (coming off the Bridge to Cambridge, i.e. the eastmost) have not been marked. While that pair are the least bad, I'm not sure they are so safe and unobjectionable as to not deserve marking treatment. It would be helpful to hear from the other cyclist who have been seriously affected by these wells as to their opinion, but it seems like a solution should involve them all.
Also, Dan, could you please close/dupe https://seeclickfix.com/issues/4841077 into this issue, so that this problem is being tracked clearly in one place rather than two? Thank you.
p.s.: It was also good to see the MSP doing LIDAR speed enforcement of the bridge traffic.
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Adam (Registered User)
Thank you DR! I rode by this afternoon and now the hazards are much more visible for cyclists coming off of the bridge.
I agree with John that the 2 worst (deepest) pairs of covers have been marked. There's a 3rd pair as he noted, which isn't as deep and as dangerous as the other 2, but it would be nice of that pair could be marked as well.
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Adam (Registered User)
Kathryn (Registered User)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Neighbor (Registered User)
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
As I biked by tonight, it was notable that:
1) The 2nd and 3rd pairs of these (the deeper pairs) have been sawcut square, presumably in advance of the October 6 work. But that makes me wonder about the first pair -- is it being left out of the Oct. 6 work, or did they run out of saw time?
2) This photo is of the 2nd pair. They're covered in white dust and much harder to see. The 3rd pair, which is also sawcut square, is not covered in dust. I assume the dust was from cutting but one was cleaned up and the other not?
Ah well, "it'll all be over soon!"
John Hawkinson (Registered User)
Closed City Hall – DR (Verified Official)
Neighbor (Registered User)
Adam (Registered User)