WCVB reports on our decaying infrastructure, specifically, a pole that gave way and smashed into a woman's head this afternoon. A 311 report claims the pole was rusted at the bottom.
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Oh *that's* what was going on!
By Ron Newman
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 9:19pm
I walked by the downtown side of the Moakley bridge around 8 pm tonight, and was wondering why there were all these police cars and closed lanes, with both sidewalks closed to pedestrians. There appeared to be welding in progress.
Mayor Wu should be on top of
By Bob WZ
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 9:45pm
Mayor Wu should be on top of decaying city owned infrastructure , for the sake of public safety, this is 2022 not 1975.
Anyone know why
By Homer Bedloe
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 10:00am
the bridge was named in honor of Joe Moakley’s wife? I’m sure she was a lovely lady, but I can’t find anything about her except that she married a future congressman.
Because Moakley secured all the funding
By anon
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 10:35am
For the infrastructure in the seaport and a great deal of the Big Dig.
Yes, she should. Just as all
By anon
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 12:56pm
Yes, she should. Just as all the other mayors before her should have.
That bridge isn't even very
By Walter
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 9:22pm
That bridge isn't even very old!
My first thought too
By tachometer
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 9:20am
I looked it up and it opened in 1996.
Galvanize
By Refugee
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 9:48pm
Galvanize all the things.
You can't galvanize something that's already installed
By Sock_Puppet
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:38am
But you can apply a superhydrophobic coating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE
Hydrophobia is another name for rabies
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 10:07am
Hydrophobia is another name for rabies. Last thing we need is rabid light poles thrashing wildly about and biting people.
…. Well, actually, looks like we’ve already got something like that in this case, so maybe it wouldn’t be any worse.
I do worry about the “super” part in “superhydrophobic”. Super rabies sounds a lot scarier than regular rabies.
Cheap materials more likely the problem.
By Homer Bedloe
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 9:50am
The galvanized components at the exterior electrical hookup on my house in ptown, 2 blocks from the water, were significantly corroded within the first couple of months after installation.
The likely culprit is cheap materials, planned obsolescence, and break-away fittings designed to mitigate injury if, say, you drive your car into a light pole.
Our Secretary of State is terrific...
By CopleyScott17
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 4:43pm
...but not sure he could do much about the rust :-)
Cheaper thinner metals on all
By anon
Tue, 09/27/2022 - 10:04pm
Cheaper thinner metals on all the poles now. You can just bend the poles that have coroded from dog urine, pollution, and weather. This poor woman deserves to be okay, a positive prognosis, and every single dime.
A commercial blaming Maggie Hassan for this incident...
By Friartuck
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 6:46am
In 3, 2, 1 ....
This is what happen when you
By dd808
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 6:51am
This is what happen when you let your dogs piss on everything.
Nope.
By anon
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:28am
This is what happens when you don’t use galvanized bolts near salt water.
This is what happens
By BostonDog
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:49am
When you don’t use stainless steel on saltwater adjacent fixtures. Rapid rust and corrosion next to the ocean is to be expected.
It’s also what happens when there isn’t a process to regularly inspect and replace city owned infrastructure.
I knew it!
By Sal Paradise
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 9:19am
We are in the thrall of the Big Dog Urine lobby. Rotting the infrastructure of our lives, from the ankles down.
This never would have
By anon
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:40am
This never would have happened in old Southie.
Joe Moakley must rolling over
By anon
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:41am
Joe Moakley must rolling over in his grave,
News Crews love this stuff
By kyle
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 7:44am
Rode across this bridge on the way to work this morning, tons of cones on the bridge and multiple news crews milling about
City's removing 23 street lights from bridge
By mg
Wed, 09/28/2022 - 6:09pm
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/28/metro/city-...
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