Caged Monster Pothole on East Side "Greenway"
Observed by BicyclesOnly on Sun, Nov 26 2006
This pothole--large enough for an adult to climb into and hide in--has been left unrepaired in the middle of the East Side Greenway for more than a year, as far as I can recall. In order to protect itself from liability, the city has installed a chain-link fence around it, which I climbed to get this shot. Admittedly, the hole has become fertile ground for vegetation--some of the only vegetation found on this "greenway" south of 82nd Street--but there must be a better way to foster plant life. There is a lampost next to the cage, which further reduces the navigable space left in this supposedly two-way Class I bike path to less than 3'. NYC Parks Dept, fix the hole and get the cage out of my bike lane!
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Posted on Tue, Dec 12 2006 at 02:04 PM
Finally got the 311 number today--let's see what happens.
Posted on Wed, Dec 27 2006 at 06:02 PM
Checked up on the 311 last week. Supposedly DEP inspected and reached the conclusion "ongoing construction"--those two words were the entire result of the inspection. There is no construction anywhere near the location of this cave-in. I explained this to the DOT complaints person. They gave me a new 311 number, had her write up the complaint so that DEP would be required to specify the construction it seeks to attribute this cave-in to, and required a new inspecton. Let's see what happens.
Posted on Wed, Feb 07 2007 at 07:33 PM
Second 311 to DEP got same result--"ongoing construction." They referred to DOT. Got new complaint number for use with DOT, follow up in 10 days.