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MBTA to replace plywood covering dangerous holes with something a bit stronger
By adamg on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 8:34am
The Globe reports on yesterday's dramatic Red Line rescue and says the T is reacting to "poor decision making" that led to deadly holes being covered with Bounty towels plywood by ordering all such sheets replaced with steel.
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Bounty..
Bounty is the quicker picker upper.. well okay maybe not so much in this case. But Plywood. sheeesh. And since its Charles/MGH station I'm sure its gotten wet over the past few weeks and water just makes them weaker, irregardless when they were they were put in. A couple of rain storms or water pooling on it will soften it. dumb dumb dumb. You have to wonder where ppls heads are. at least reinforce it with 2x4's
"If you see plywood..."
Should we be adding suspicious plywood to the "if you see something, say something" list?
I'm assuming they'll have a
I'm assuming they'll have a 18'x18' piece of plywood in South Station starting next week, with a menacing sign on it about how the REAL dangerous plywood isn't always this obvious.
Hollow supports?
Why was there a deep shaft in that support anyways?
I guess to collect the busted pipes and debris one of the rescuers talked about. Ick.
Now with the steel covers, how will they get a enough trash collected in there to get a good fire going??
Easy Solution
If they leave these holes open so folks can throw trash in them, the holes will fill up quickly and nobody will be able to fall in them after a couple of days.
Suldog
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Until they catch on fire
Hm, and are they specifying the gauge of steel? I have some steel plates I could easily fall through.
If they are installing them
If they are installing them in an area where there might be voltage leakage from the 600v DC power system to the third rail, they might want to consider a material other than steel.
Maybe they should try using hair nets
It's the new duct tape.
How about some MA/MBTA excuses?
They lay them on thick, and they're pretty impenetrable.
Just stand by each hole and ask a series of questions like "why does the same switch keep breaking" and "why doesn't Boston have late night service on Friday and Saturday" ...