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D Line to be shut for two hours due to tree
By adamg on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 10:46am
UPDATE: Tree removed, service resumed.
The T is shutting the Green Line between Fenway and Reservoir at 11 a.m. so workers can remove a large tree that is now leaning dangerously close to the overhead wires near Reservoir. Expect a two-hour shutdown.
Because substitute bus service will be limited, customers are strongly encouraged to use the closest stations along the Green Line’s C branch (Beacon Street).
Bus service will be available for persons with disabilities at Reservoir and Kenmore Stations.
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Suggestion
Every time D line service is halted due to a fallen or falling tree, the T should bill Newton or Brookline the costs of running shuttle buses. Then perhaps the towns will rethink their "can't remove trees without our permission" rules - which would allow the T to trim and remove trees threatening the wires BEFORE they become a problem for the service.
Not Going To Happen
The ROW for the D line is rather narrow and goes right by people's houses. You can't just cut down trees on other people's property at will, even if you are the MBTA.
Power companies
seem to have no problem performing this maintenance on their line right of way (they can even be taken to court for neglecting trimming, if trees take down power lines and cause damage), why is it that the MBTA's power lines are somehow exempt from this?
Trimming, yes. Removal, no.
Trimming, yes. Removal, no.
It's well-established in land
It's well-established in land law that the parts of the trees overhanging someone else's property, or a ROW, can be cut off by the other owner. As a previous reply said, power companies do it all the time.
Cite that such a rule exists?
Cite that such a rule exists?
Common law
Which is what our legal system is based on!
http://www.newtonma.gov/gov
http://www.newtonma.gov/gov/parks/forestry/ordinance.asp
Ok. That says that trees over
Ok. That says that trees over 8" diameter can't be cut down without a permit. Interference with utilities or structures counts as a reason to get a permit. It also says no permit is required for pruning.
How exactly does this cause problems for the MBTA?
Simple
The fact you need "Mother May I" permission to deal with trees (other than pruning) on your property.
Another niggling set of rules from another overbloated bureauracy in the guise of "saving the planet'.
Scoring Update
Nature-2,748, MBTA-0
Why no rhyme?
Tree Shuts the D, Commuters Sent to C
I read this headline and
I read this headline and immediately pictured a hardcore show taking place on the tracks.
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2crBlrTIQyw/0.jpg