- A pot hole?
- Tree or limb in the road.
- Loose sand at a corner or intersection?
- A storm drain cover with bars turned parallel to traffic?
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- Town:
- Street: either street number, or distance from an intersection and which side of the road.
- What kind of hazard: Pothole, object in road, black ice, sand on road, missing or misaligned storm drain cover...
- Date of observation. Time of day may be helpful for transient conditions such as ice.
2 comments:
Hazard report
town: Lincoln
location: westbound lane of rt 2A just as you turn on to 2A from the Hanscome airport access road. There is a 2 foot by 6 foot patch of sunken pavement where a January trench operation has subsided. The drop below grade is even noticablel in a car.
When: this problem showed up soon after the backfill was patched but has become worse as the weather warms up.
NOTE: be very careful here when riding after dark. The visibility is low and the location is squarely in the road margin where cyclists usually travel. A last second swerve to avoid will put you out in part of the lane where cars travel.
Subject: update to the report of pothole at rt2A/Hanscom access road intersection.
here is a google map link that shows the exact location:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Lexington,+MA&layer=&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=19&ll=42.44864,-71.285868&spn=0.000901,0.002671&t=k
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