I agree. When pickup trucks carrying lawn equipment pass by our house on Mather St. it sounds like an accident is occurring.

Good luck with this. I have posted about Mather between Martin Terrace and (Dawes / Manor) numerous times over the last 3 or 4 years. Consistently they are opened then ignored then archived. I've also emailed the mayor. No change, the town dumps some quick patch into the largest holes and a month later the holes are back. Keep tabs on your post, I can all but guarantee it gets closed and archived with no action whatsoever being taken.

There are multiple solutions to this problem.
The area that was paved at Dixwell to about the trail was part of the development of the condos in that area.
We have a grant application at the State of Connecticut DOT to replace the bridges along Waite and Mather streets. Paving will be conducted along these areas. This will continue to take some time.
We are exploring some long term solutions to speeding along Mather. We are likely going to do some more work before we can address this.
We are also waiting for additional funds to be allocated for paving by the Legislative Council. They are struggling to establish a budget.

There is no quick answer, Patching is the best we can do during this difficult fiscal period. Staff is attempting to work on this road.

Mark Austin, PE
Town Engineer
miaustin@hamden.com

Thank you for your response and this information.

so let me get this straight, condos took precedence over those of us living in Hamden for 30+ years, Waite street has already been paved, the bridges aren't likely to be replaced/repaired for at least 2-3 years (and are not near the part of Mather that needs repair) and for somehow this years budgetary issues is a good reason for that section of road not being paved/repaired for the three 3 years prior. Sounds to me like Hamden is using the bad paving as speed control and if we don't like it too bad. Odd also that the water company was able to patch at Mather and Servoss and have it be smooth but Hamden can't manage to pave a one block section without it being a cobblestone fiasco. Glad to see my taxes are working !

B. Shaw,
Thank you for caring enough to follow up.
The condos were required to pave this portion of Mather as part of their site plan approvals. This happened at no additional cost to the Town.
The bridge work is a very long term project that we are trying to get done. The application alone has been at the State for 18 months....
We can only do what we are given funds for.
While we understand that you may not find this acceptable, we are in a budget crunch and while we try to get to every complaint, sometimes we can only patch rather than do the entire job as well as even we would want to.
Again, thank you for being passionate enough to register your concerns.

At this point I’d settle for a decent pothole repair patch.
By decent I mean one that won’t sink in after a month; there must be an economical way to follow up to add more quick patch after the first has settled
Thanks for your reply

Thanks for the update

This issue has not been resolved. Given the enough tax hike I and my. neighbors must pay I don’t feel it unreasonable to expect that patching be done
It’s been reported. long before I did and should have been and should have been done by now

Greetings. The Town of Hamden Public Works Department is pleased to announce that your reported issue has been resolved. Thank you for submitting your concerns to the Public Works Department. Please contact our office at 203-287-2600 with any further questions or concerns.