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Tree Requests Archived1–199 Mechanic St New Haven CT 06511, United States - East RockThere's a 50' tall, 16" diameter tree in the middle of the dog park fenced enclosure that's as dead as a doornail. When it falls it's sure to do $1000s of dollars of fencing damage. Could you guys take it down before it falls?
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Traffic Signal / Pedestrian Signal Archived41.31175 -72.92220 - Town_GreenPed xing signal completely out
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Traffic Signal / Pedestrian Signal Archived44 Whitney Ave New Haven CT 06510, United States - Town_GreenLead left hand ped blinker is out again.
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Manhole Cover Archived678 Orange St New Haven CT 06511, United States - East RockClangs loudly when cars hit it. Either it needs an adaptor ring to flush it out with street or the adaptor ring is broken. Either way, the damage is just going to get worse quickly.
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Parking Meter Archived2 Whitney Ave New Haven CT 06510, United States - DowntownShouldn't the PV tops of these devices be rotated for the best solar orientation? Like this one rotated either 90 CCW or if tall towers block afternoon sun, 180 to get morning sun.
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Traffic Signal / Pedestrian Signal Archived33 Whitney Ave New Haven CT 06510, United States - Town_GreenSignal switch is broken on south side.y, only one lamp seems to wo on north side rk
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Street Lamp Archived671 Orange St New Haven CT 06511, United States - East RockTwo poles out. Pitch black on a heavily trafficked block.
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Potholes Archived682 Whitney Ave New Haven CT 06511, United States - East RockHi there's a 1' deep trash can size sinkhole evolving into a pothole. If it isn't fixed by tmw morning there's a good chance our city will be embarrassed by breaking the ankles of one or two top national runners during the Labor Day race.
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Drainage Request Archived685 Orange St New Haven CT 06511, United States - East RockWhen my neighbors and I were unclogging leaves from the storm drains after yesterday's storm flood, we found the drain directly in front of this house to be clear but not draining. So there must be a clog in the catchment below. This is the lowest point on Orange St. Could DPE send a vacuum truck over before the hurricane swings up here on Sunday?
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Public Space, Streets and Drains Archived679 Orange St New Haven, CT, 06511, USA - East RockTROPICAL STORM ISAIAS - Half a tree down across half of Orange Street. Not on power lines as far as I can see. Seems to be enough rooms for bus to get around it.
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Game of Thrones Bad Reception Archived170 Whitney Ave New Haven, Connecticut - Prospect HillIn an otherwise high bandwidth neighborhood, the Sunday night internet streaming of GOT stinks, indicating not a poor ISP, but poor server management. Please improve service by allowing all HBO employees to watch their head IT guy fed to the dragon in front of the Peabody.
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Illegal Dumping ArchivedFarnam Drive New Haven, Connecticut - East RockSomewhere right along this stretch of Farham I saw two illegal tire dumpings.
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SNOW RELATED Archived87 Union Street New Haven, Connecticut - Wooster SquareTo city workers looking to bring homeless to warming centers; please check at the far end of the Union Street Dog Park near the train tracks. There is a sporadic homeless encampment just over the concrete fence near the small dog area.
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38 High Street Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA - Town_GreenDead bird in front of Olea restaurant
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Public Space, Streets and Drains Archived245 Crown Street New Haven, Connecticut - Town_GreenSomeone (maybe the Landino Project at the corner of College and Temple) cut a utility trench in Crown and then didn't properly patch it as required by city law. The trench is deep and its damaging cars and bikes.
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Sidewalks and Curb damage Archived685 Orange Street New Haven, Connecticut - East RockThere is a 12" diameter sinkhole directly adjacent to a storm drain outlet which might indicate a lack of structural support for the basin. This intersection is at the trough of Orange Street and receives significant runoff so every one of the four storm drains is critical.
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Yale Commandeers More of High Street Archived88 High Street New Haven, Connecticut - Downtown
Issue : Yale has repeatedly failed to meet its legal obligation to promptly repair roads following construction, most notably on High Street which for the past decade has resembled the siege of Vicksburg.
New Haven Code of Ordinances (Article III, Ch.27, Sec27-71 through 27-84) is clear that street excavations have to be patched to the specs for the street and the repairs cannot fail for at least several years.Issue : Yale has (most probably without permission) taken it upon themselves to paint a crosswalk midblock on High Street (btwn Chapel and Elm) with the daily net effect of an elderly person standing in the middle of the street focusing his or her camera on Harkness tower, unaware of impending vehicles.
CT State Statutes (Section 14-297) define a crosswalk as the extension of a public sidewalk across a street to another sidewalk. The path from Old Campus Quad to Harkness Tower fails to meet that definition.. Although the BOA was foolish enough to sell the rest of High Street, this portion still remains public property and should not be commandeered by the University.Issue: Yale has also taken it upon themselves to tamp a large pile of asphalt on the Harkness side of the street sloping from street to sidewalk. Although this resembled a handicap ramp, it fails to actually meet the ADA definition, is the inversion of a curb cut extending out into the street and therefore puts vehicles in grave danger. A peninsula of curb height pavement extending several feet out into a city street (already constricted by Yale’s dorm renovations) recklessly endangers the public.
High Street is public property and should not be used or abused by private entities.