A Winter Miracle: Potholes Patched In Quincy!

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Winter miracles!
A Citizen Photojournalist image

After weeks of Quincy Quarry News pounding the City Quincy’s Department of Public Works with exposés over its responses to recent storm events and potholes, it is now time for the Quarry to double down on its legendary — if not also renowned — balanced and fair coverage. 

To wit, a Quincy Quarry News Citizen Photojournalist scored images of a manner of local unicorn on Washington Street last Friday: potholes actually patched!

At the same time, the Quarry both giveth props as well as pulls the rug out from under.

Pothole laden Ponds Street
A Quincy Quarry News exclusive image

In this case, the potholes were patched a day after Quincy Quarry News encouraged its ever-growing legions of loyal readers to report potholes so that they and others might be able to score compensation for damage done to their rides by potholes in local streets.

Additionally, as regards this Quincy Quarry story, the Quarry immediately dispatched a team to the scene when it was advised pothole patching was underway.

Unfortunately, the unicorn had disappeared by the time Quarry personnel arrived on the scene nor was the pothole patching team found working elsewhere such as on nearby seriously potholed Ponds Street, formerly known as Pond Street.

A sampling of the City of Boston’s pavement tags
Image via the City of Boston
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Further, Quincy Quarry could not discern who was responsible for the patches that were needed given previous underground utility work.

Why not?

The City of Quincy does not use the simple but genius practice long and successively required by the City of Boston as well as by many other municipalities to tag who is responsible for pavement patches arising from underground utility work and the like: color-coded Utility Repair Tag Pavement Markers.

Boston and other cities have long found such markers to be a simple and effective way to see that makers of such problems with its street pavement are held accountable.

Pavement repair tag markers are durable plastic makers that are required to be placed into pavement patches by any entity cutting into otherwise sound pavement so as to make repairs and then patching over the pavement cut so as to be able to readily discern responsibility for fixing any such failed pavement patches as such patches are a major source of pavement potholes.

“Say what?”
A Quincy Quarry News exclusive file photo image

Conversely, why the City of Quincy does not follow Boston’s lead?  

For starters, arguably the last thing City Hall wants to do is hold anyone accountable for falling short.

Most especially not anyone inside of Quincy’s City Hall.

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