Pieces of Rt. 16 missing

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

OK, did anybody else drive on the parkway and notice pieces of the pavement missing? I mean, not the usual potholes.

In the Matignon-Broadway area, in the right lane going eastbound, there's a couple places where somebody cut squares of asphalt out from around the sewer drains. Surprised that I didn't lose a tire or break an axle. There isn't a lot of room to maneuver in those narrow lanes, especially with the way people insist on being neck-and-neck with you on that road.

So please, people, watch out for these.

Comments

[frederic.livejournal.com]

My car went boom last night. Wasn't expecting that... there was an orange barrier over the first one but the orange cone that should've been over the one that got me had been knocked over to the side.

[curiositykt.livejournal.com]

yeah, I've hit them two nights in a row. I'm very surprised I haven't broken an axle or punctured the tire..

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

there's a couple places where somebody cut squares of asphalt out from around the sewer drains

Have you called 311 about this? Because it is a city project, and it should be flagged/coned.

[ron_newman]

Calling 311 is a good idea, but this location sounds like it might be in Cambridge, and on a state road.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

I'm confused about exactly where the Cambridge/Somerville boundary is up there.

So if it's in Cambridge, don't call 311; call Cambridge Public Works at (617) 349-4800.

Sewer and drain maintenance is a city function, even on state roads.

[ron_newman]

Matignon Road is in Cambridge, but Woodstock Street (the blinking traffic light with the little bridge over the brook) is in Somerville. So the line's somewhere in between; I'm not exactly sure where.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Ron, I feel better about not knowing this if you don't know it either. After all, I have only lived in the Davis/Porter area for 20 years, so I am a relative newb. ;)

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

The potholes were in Somerville. The city line goes right through the Matignon campus. Right through the main building according to the map on my wall.

I think the parkways are maintained by DCR (what used to be the MDC "Central Services"), and not Mass Highway. Though it looks like Mass Highway plows part of Alewife during the winter: http://www.mass.gov/dcr/winterstormplan.htm

Anyway that's interesting about the sewer drains being maintained by the city.

[lefauxfrog.livejournal.com]

Good warning.

I had to choose between nearly hitting the car to my left or driving into the pit and ruining my car's right front tire so I took my chances with the car. The orange cone in the second pit was lying on its side and not visible until I was on top of it.

[zmgmeister.livejournal.com]

Last night it looked like the potholes had been filled in.

But this could be an ongoing effort to fix the pavement around the sewer drains up and down that road, so there might be more holes to look out for. I saw a crew with orange blinkenlights stopped over by Dilboy yesterday.