The squeaky wheel gets the asphalt

By adamg on Tue, 10/03/2017 - 11:45am

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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on 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 on Tue, 10/03/2017 - 12:21pm.

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

Doesn't look

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

like the patch job meets DOT standards for asphalt repairs.

Does it have to?

By SwirlyGrrl on 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 on 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 on Wed, 10/04/2017 - 12:33pm.

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

You are amusing.

OK

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

Now do the Orange Line

See Pic Fix?

By SwirlyGrrl on 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 on 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 Hillary on 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.