Walnut Street between 44th and 45th – 11:15 a.m.
UPDATE: Sometime between this posting and 4 p.m. they filled in the hole. People commented here and on Facebook. Even WHYY’s Newsworks.org took notice. We like to think that the Streets Department was reading. Power to the people!
Watch out for this axle breaker in the right-hand lane of Walnut Street between 44th and 45th. We’re not exactly sure what kind of road work left this thing behind. Yesterday it had cones around it, but now they’re gone and vehicles have to do last-minute braking and swerving. Fender benders look inevitable.
Cyclists also need to take caution because many cars are trying to dodge this thing to the right, taking them into the bike lane.
Anyone have any friends in the Streets Department?
May 27th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
There’s a similar hole just before 50th and Walnut. At least as of this morning, it had cones around it, but it does have drivers swerving into the bike lane.