Hurley trees and high winds - take care at pickup

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Blair, Noel

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Apr 3, 2019, 7:52:44 AM4/3/19

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With a wind advisory in effect this afternoon, please take care around the trees that remain on Worcester St. It is likely the fallen trees were a result of a gas leak on the street which had been left unattended for a year. Other trees may have seen their root structures weakened as well. Frances is arranging a site visit with the mayor’s liaison and the city’s arborist, date is TBD but let her know if you’re interested france...@gmail.com

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From: Blair, Noel
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2019 11:18 AM
To: 'Faisa Sharif' <faisa....@boston.gov>
Cc: 'Frances Blair' <france...@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Worcester St Trees

Hi Faisa,

I’m cc’ing my wife here, she’s had more conversations than I around this but both of us just stumbled into this issue yesterday. Our oldest daughter goes to Hurley. There was some discussion that there could be a program for the kids around the fallen trees. David Meshoulam (at Speak for the Trees) had just been alerted that the fallen trees were the result of the substantial gas leak which encompassed much of the street. He connected us with Bob Ackley and Nathan Phillips who identify and measure gas leaks across the metro area and had been monitoring and reporting this leak at different times in the past year including calling 911 in November after readings became alarming all the way to the school’s front steps.

They’ve done some impressive work, you can see here a map of South End leaks showing Worcester St in front of the Hurley as the most extreme:

I’m told NGrid is in front of the Hurley school this morning. The guys said that they’ve known about the leaks on the street and the specific big one at #65 for over a year. They’ll be working on it.

There seems to be much frustration that National Grid has been unresponsive to this leak, and likely low awareness of the risk such leaks present to nearby trees.

Seems to us the first goal should be to have an arborist come check the remaining trees for safety. At the same time it would be great to make sure these guys are connected to the right people at the city to raise awareness where needed… they are a passionate group and eager to help.

Those are the basics, still new to us.

I’m available on my cell (617) 549-3432.

Best,

Noel

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