When the I-Team went to Wollaston station on a recent rainy day, the floors were slick and covered with mats.  A CBS Boston/WBZ image.

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– News about Quincy covered by Quincy Quarry News with pointed commentary added.

Water leaks persist at Wollaston MBTA station in the wake of an expensive renovation.

The Wollaston Red Line Station in Quincy is in the final stages of completing a $36-million renovation. 

Passengers were ecstatic when it re-opened in August after a twenty months-long closure during construction.

Then it rained and leaks resulted in the station’s floors becoming dangerously slippery. 

Slips and trips litigation can be expensive
A McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, P.A. image

Additionally, the station suffers from water condensation on the walls and ceilings of its lower lobby when it the weather is cold and the condensate then drips on the floor.

Even worse, the contractor on the job failed to meet design specifications for the floors to make them less slippery when wet.

Noted straphanger Maryellen Hennessey, “you (can, ed) kill yourself on these floors,  When it rains or snows, you just slide.”

Then again, such problems are only to be expected from a low bidder with no clear indication of it ever taking on this manner of a large and complex project.

That and how this Quincy-based construction company is also arguably the phoenix of Modern Continental of Big Dig infamy.

The MBTA has made much of its intention to hold the contractor to meeting design and construction specifications as well as has yet to cut the final payment check.

Roof riding straphangers
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In the meanwhile, Quincy MBTA commuters continue to suffer considerable inconvenience when riding the Red Line rails regardless of which of the four local Red Line stations patronized.

Source: I-Team: Water Problems Persist At MBTA Station, Even After Pricey Renovation

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