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Recently parking restriction signs were put up on our block for street sweeping. Every 2nd and 4th Wed 8:00am-12:00pm. No street sweeper came by today within those hours. This is the second time this has happened since this has been put in effect. At 12:00, restrictions go in effect around the corner on Appleton, so everyone moved their cars over to our street. Now, at 2:00 the sweeper just went down our street and was only able to clean one side of the street. This infuriates me because I swept the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street (back of Appleton properties) and pulled weeds throwing them into the street to be swept up. Since there are all cars on the street again from Appleton, the sweeper is not able to clean them up, leaving them making more of a mess until at a future time when no cars are there I can clean it up. Why have parking regulations when the sweeper doesn't adhere to them? These new signs have caused a lot of stress on our street. They were put up as the result of one neighbor questioning why we didn't have street cleaning over 3 years ago, and were put up with no notice. Dartmouth Place is a short dead end street in the South End. One of the major reasons we purchased our place, aside from the location, quietness and charm it has, was the fact that there were no parking restrictions. We either walk or use public transportation during the week and only use our car on weekends. When we moved in, it was explained to us that we as a neighborhood community clean up the street ourselves. This impressed us even more. Some of our neighbors have lived on Dartmouth Place for over 30 years and have never had any problems with keeping the street clean. There are a few of us who routinely sweep and weed to keep the street looking nice. There is no need for these parking restrictions especially when the street isn't cleaned during those hours. Please follow up with the street maintenance department explaining how important it is to keep to their schedule. Parking is a problem all around this city and situations like this do not make it any better. I don't understand why we are forced to have our street swept, requiring us to have parking restrictions when you have a neighborhood that is willing, able and HAS BEEN taking care of it in the past. Sincerely, John Carroll-Yagel |
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10 Dartmouth Pl, Boston, Ma, 02116
42.34496, -71.07373

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