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- Bertson Avenue was swept yesterday, SUNDAY at 8:30 AM!! As we had no notice, every one of my neighbors who generally park their cars on the street in fact did have theirs on the street. I did, too. I surely hope that you do not pay the worker overtime or time + half for working on a Sunday. That would be a colossal waste of tax dollars. Coming that early on a Sunday meant that there was no opportunity for the job to be done even half-well because of all the parked cars, and we and others were awakened by the sound of the machine. Double annoyance. I know that Tuesday is our street cleaning day. Every Monday night I dutifully park elsewhere with the hope that the schedule is honored. We often go literally weeks before the truck comes by. We have been hearing for years that your equipment breaks down. On the other side of LaGrange Street we hear the street cleaning every week; that area is swept by a private contractor. Why can't the reliable private contractor be assigned to this neighborhood for a change? Finally, when does street sweeping end for the season? I bet it's December 1. That amounts to five Tuesdays. I'm willing to bet we will not see the sweeper any more than twice. I hope to be proven wrong. Thank you very much. Peggy Hooper hooperspan@gmail.com 617-325-4464 | Type of debris: [Other] Cars parked on the street: [Yes]
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Intersection Of Bertson Ave And Lagrange St, West Roxbury, Ma
42.28703922, -71.16494546
Case Noted. First of all your street was not completely bad in terms of leaves, like over half of the other streets in this Dist are. Second of all, PWD has 1 Contract Sweeper and 1 City Sweeper. The Contract Sweeper has 2 other maps that have to be completed on Tuesdays, which is approx. 50 to 60 streets. PWD cannot help if our equipment fails. We send our equipment right down to our main offices once it goes down. It is out of our hands when and if we get it back within a timely fashion. Third of all, I sent our City Machine Sunday morning to your street per order of the Assistant Superintendent of Public Works to clean ASAP because of the original complaint. The Assistant Superintendent told me to send the City Machine right away at approx 7AM, however I waited a little while because it was a Sunday morning and did not want to cause a nuisance. I understand your frustration, but we do the best we can. We will try to have a Sweeper up there every Tuesday to clean whether its the Contract Sweeper or City.
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