Mayor: Blame Private Contractors For Snow Job
Many Waltham residents and officials say they are furious with the plowing job in Waltham.
City officials say they are furious about the job private contractor plow crews have done to clear snow from the city's streets, and Mayor Jeannette McCarthy said she plans to “rethink” how the city plows snow. “There is no excuse,” McCarthy told Waltham Patch about the shape private contractor plow crews have left many city streets in days after the storm. "I’m going to rethink how I run the private system. I'm not going to run it the way it's always been run.” "It is my responsibility ultimately," she added. As of Monday, Feb. 11, many Waltham residents said they were still upset about the poor condition of their streets, according to comments left on Waltham Patch’s Facebook page. Streets in surrounding communities, such as Newton, were…
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Nick Low
1:43 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
Or could these have been better plowed because they are easier to plow well? More suburban, less density, wider streets, etc. more ›