from WBZ
For months, drivers have been maneuvering around the traffic barrels that have blocked off a main route through East Milton Square. (Click Read More for video, or see full story here.)
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What happened to the “temporary” beautification project at the now blockaded Adams Street bridge/ M. Joseph Manning Park?
Frankly, in its current condition the orange striped barrels are an eye-sore and an embarrassment to the town.
Beyond the eye-sore embarrassment the barrel blockade will become a safety hazard with the onslaught of snow and ice. Will the DPW be plowing the area and bank the snow and ice against the barrels? Just what the area needs a wall of dirty snow and ice throughout the winter.
The present configuration is ugly, an eye-sore and a potential safety hazard as winter approaches. The town must take some pro-active action now and not after a major snow storm.
Until the town decides what to do it is in the public safety to remove those barrel barriers and reopen the Adams Street bridge for the winter months.
To paraphrase what Joe Shortsleeve, the WBZ TV Channel 4 Chief Investigative Reporter said on the tape – ‘ if the Town of Milton wants a new configuration and parking on the bridge the town is going to have to pay for it itself.’
That is unlikely to happen in the near future unless the merchants who want the parking spaces are willing to pay for it. If they do they should not have to waste money to hire expensive consultants as the town did. No, they should just take a short walk to the Citizens Bank on Granite Avenue and look at the aiel photograph of that area taking circa 1948-49 before the highway scared the area.
In that picture you will see two important things. One, Adams Street is two ways and not one as it is now and of greater importance to the merchants there was ample parking on either side of that part of the two way Adams Street.
Don’t reinvent the wheel. Restore it.
To the previous commenter above:
I say stop complaining about everything. Serve on a board. Get involved and help to make things better.
Stop negative comments in this public forum. It is getting old.
By the way, Happy Holidays to all!
It is time to re-open Adams St until there is money available to do the project. Instead of having two lanes make it one lane and put in parking on either side. That should get you a few extra spaces. You can save all the planning for when the state gets its act together. Does anyone know who was dragging their feet that caused us to lose the money? I would bet they are somehow involved in where the funds went.
If Ms. White has a problem with my comments I would respectfully suggest she take it up with Channel 4′s Investigative Team.
Joe Shortsleeve, the reporter on the story, broadcast the story of the blockaded Adams Street bridge and the fact there is no state or federal money to move forward on the conversion plan.
Shortsleeve made the comment that Milton would have to pay for the conversion and construction on the bridge and it would remain as is because there is no funding and no prospects of new funding.
I cannot believe that any town plannng committee would want the barrels to become a permanent part of the landscape as they appear to be.
Whether Ms. White wants to read it or not the barrels are an eyesoar and a hazard in the winter and must be removed. Ice and snow piled up against those barrels will create a liability for the town if a pedestrian or automobile accident happens. That is a potential expenditure of limited funds that can be easily avoided by removing the barrels and opening the road for the winter or until a miracle happens and state and federal funding lands on the doorstep of Town Hall.
Finally, I believe that this outstanding forum allows non-elected citizens to comment on town affairs but I would welcome comments from those elected officials involved in this current problem. To date, they are silent.