The squeaky wheel gets the asphalt

By adamg on Tue., 10/3/2017 - 11:45 am

Yesterday, David White took to Twitter to complain about the large and growing potholes in the parking lot of the Dedham Corporate Center parking lot on the Franklin Line. This morning, as you can see above, White arrived to find the holes filled.

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Good Job Dave!

By anon
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 11:50am

Can you ride the Red Line next because the MBTA doesn't listen to complaints from mere mortals but when you tell them you are a lawyer their knees start to buckle and they respond immediately.

Quel Surprise!

By OriginalPatPayaso
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 2:11pm

Amazing how fast government can get something done when there is monitoring and supervision !!!

Great job!

This is a privately owned

By anon
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 4:20pm

This is a privately owned parking lot. No government involved, hence the speed!

Nope. 85 Allied Drive, the

By anon
Thu, 10/05/2017 - 5:18am

Nope. 85 Allied Drive, the location of the parking lot, is owned by the MBTA and has been since 1990.

http://gis.vgsi.com/DedhamMA/Parcel.aspx?pid=7269

Quality work

By Scratchie
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 12:21pm

Looks like this problem has been solved for the foreseeable future.

Doesn't look

By anon
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 12:40pm

like the patch job meets DOT standards for asphalt repairs.

Does it have to?

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 2:36pm

It is in a parking lot designed for lightweight, low speed vehicle traffic, not a road.

There are standards

By anon
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 5:26pm

that do not differentiate between roads and parking lots. There are different standards for runways which is different from roads. But thanks for the amusing comment.

What planet?

By anon
Wed, 10/04/2017 - 12:33pm

Seriously - private parking lots have to conform to Federal Interstate pothole standards?

You are amusing.

OK

By Michael
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 12:56pm

Now do the Orange Line

See Pic Fix?

By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 2:35pm

Sounds like there should be a "see something say something" app for the MBTA to report problems like this.

And if there is and I missed it, please post a link!

Server error

By Gary C
Tue, 10/03/2017 - 3:23pm

There is not a network powerful enough to handle the load of reports that such a service would generate.

Twitter

By H
Wed, 10/04/2017 - 11:04am

They're pretty responsive on Twitter, at least during business hours. Once I tweeted at them that the train car I was on had no A/C and an inspector took the car out of service at the next stop! (I confirmed with their social media person that it was in response to my tweet, not just a coincidence.) And I've observed this responsiveness to others as well. Unfortunately it seems to be a 9-5 operation - if you tweet at them after hours there's no response.