Another month has gone by and not even a patch on some of the more serious holes. Cambridge DPW is asleep at the wheel.

OMG!!!!! It was bad when I first posted this but it is now really bad and very dangerous to both Cars and Bicycles. I don't know how a city DPW can turn their heads away from holes in the road that are two feet in circumference and a foot deep. Shame on you again, Mr Dywer .

I posted this about a year ago and nothing, yes I said NOTHING has been done and it's a disgrace to have a gateway to the city in such needed repair. Yes, Mr Dywer, a DISGRACE.

Three months since my last posting and nothing has been done except an issue I have been pursuing which was a large pot hole in front of Starbucks at Wendall Street. An shoddy job to say the least but that's what I've grown to except. Gonna buy a Hummer.

It's absolutely insulting to the community, drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to have ignored the potential hazard that these conditions present. No evidence even of a patch job on some of the craters and it has become particularly bad between Upland and Linnaean Street, both inbound and outbound. Beware entering Follen Street from Massachusetts Avenue, there is a 6' x 8' crater that was once a utility patch job that has sunk at least 10" and is very unsettling and dangerous when driving over it. It is also at a place where many pedestrians cross.
I cannot believe that as citizens, contributing to a site like this, directing DPW to areas of concern, that they fall on deaf ears. As I said before, ASLEEP!!!

Still Asleep!!! I guess in my next life I want to work for DPW and get paid for doing nothing.

This needs to be fixed now. It's a safety hazard to cyclists, pedestrians, motorists, and emergency vehicles (that should wake them up). The worst is the maze of roads that lead to Mass Ave from Harvard Square.

I want to contact someone directly about this. Any ideas who I should to talk to?

Here's a map of the hazard area...Mass Ave and Cambridge Street.

What's the matter Cambridge? If you're not going to resurface this stretch of road at least spend some of the money that the utilities paid you to dig up the road and patch these monster holes and depressions so that we can save our cars, bicyclist and pedestrians.

Since May of last year there have been a couple of patch jobs but only enough to make it look as though there's effort going on. However this stretch has gotten even worse and I am going to say, avoid Massachusetts Avenue from Porter Square all the way into Harvard Square. I hate to say this because many businesses could be affected by your decision to not frequent that route.
Again Cambridge, there's a Pot Hole watch on statewide, your suppose to out fixing these, not hanging out at Dunkin. This is a Gateway Boulevard into what is considered the finest Cities in the world, one of the most expensive cities in the world. Stop pandering to Harvard and start taking care of community and it's visitors.

I subscribe to PSNA ( Porter Square Neighborhood Association ) maillist which is an association that portends to be advocates for the neighborhood and businesses alike. However, they're a bunch of whacko's who sit behind their monitors and spew their theories on parking density and where the best view of sunsets are. I would be astonished if they actually advocated for better roads, oh, I forgot, they walk to decrease emissions.
Maybe this why DPW doesn't care for this area. PSNA would probably complain that the process they use to repair pot holes needs a fact finding mission to prove the efficacy of the materials used.

Still Asleep!!!!

Getting even worse now that it's warming up and not a DPW truck or worker to be seen. They must not have come out of hibernation yet.

Still Asleep!!!!

A pothole at 1751 Mass Ave repaired on 4/9/14. Please feel free to report potholes to DPW directly using our web/ mobile application-- www.cambridgema.gov/ireport.

"A Pot Hole" Now that's classic! There are so many potholes in this stretch, you'd have to be blind to not see or feel them. There seems to be some progress on the so called streetscape project with recurbing taking place. It would be nice to let the community in on this. Will this project extend up to Russell Street and down into Harvard Square?

Nah, the PSNA drives everywhere.

This streetscape project is taking forever. I have observed a crew working on one small section of sidewalk for almost two weeks. These contractors really know how to milk it and what's up with police officers always on their cell phones and not directing traffic in these work zones.
We really need a change in this country on how efficient our work force could be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdpf-MQM9vY

Here we are at almost a year later and still bumping and dodging pot holes all along Massachusetts Avenue from Harvard to Porter Square. Ironically, a small section of roadway was paved, hastily and without raising (leveling) manhole covers, in front of the Harvard Law School. Funny how that works with graduation time here.
What's also funny and sad is that I started this thread 5 years ago. Again, shame on you Mr. Mayor, Mr City Manager, Mr Dywer and all your Dunkin staff.

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