Good Morning,

I will be closing this order out. Feel free to write the city again on this issue with some more information. Have A Good Day

We never got any closure on this - are both Allen St. and Charlestown St. private ways, and not city streets? Because they're labeled as city streets, with city parking signage. Coming around the corner where they intersect, the building at 50 Allen makes it impossible to see traffic coming from either direction until it's too late.

Just for reference, (since it was hard for me to find myself) this was the original post that was closed due to one or both of the streets being private ways: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/988611

150 days and still not resolved.

Allen Street (From Somerville Ave to Charlestown) is listed as a public raod. However,
Charlestown Street (From Allen Street to Merriam Street) is listed as a private way. A request was submitted to the traffic department for a review of whether or not additional signage was needed. We will update as soon as we aree given the response

According to this issue: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/1167176 , whoever owns that private way is allowed to put up barriers at will. Does that mean they could block off Allen, Linden, and Merriam from Charlestown St anytime they want? Wouldn't that turn these streets into one ways?

I should mention that in my original ticket I mentioned that there is a mount on the utility pole at the outside corner of Allen and Charlestown that looks like it might have been for a convex mirror that would help drivers see what's around the corner. Putting something like that on the pole would certainly help. Does the city have the ability to put things on utility poles?

Something like these: http://www.nationalsafetymirror.com/driveway-mirror-traffic-mirrors/

An update had been made noting that the city approved of the barriers for safety concerns from resident who observed vehilces using this are as a cut-through. They aslo feel that this will reduce the number of vehicles using this area. We will note your mirrior suggestion for the traffic department as well, thank you.

Good Morning,

. T&P has reviewed this request and they determined that this intersection does not require any additional safety equipment or signage. Have A Great Day