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Dump trucks associated with nearby paving repairs. Do not pay any attention to the stop signs.

Again requesting presentable portapotty be placed in the buckingham pond park.

Wire hanging down about 6' off the ground. Probably Verizon or spectrum cable wire.

this car has been abandoned outside my house for about 3 weeks.

sinkhole repair not completed

It has now been a month since I first reported problems with the Buckingham pond porta potty which was immediately removed and never replaced with no explanation or communication from DGS or Parks and rec. Parkgoers, especially seniors and children, need Porta-Potty services. Because there has been only silence on this issue from the city I am reposting it in the hopes that something can be done to replace Porta-Potty services at the Buckingham pond Park and to have the city departments let us know what's going on.

Where is the Porta-Potty that was here for years?? Just an empty space is left. I am a senior who walks at Buckingham lake all the time and is usually in need of porta potty services whenever I go there. I recently complained about the fact that porta potty had a broken lock for many years and was a bit on the dirty side and the cities response was to remove it completely. Please bring it back with a working lock!!

the porta potty at Buckingham lake besides being smelly, dirty and sometimes fly infested, has a door that has never locked correctly. even after they recently moved it, nobody bothered to look at the problem with the door lock. it is, however, very helpful to have this bathroom available but it's a little scary using it and not knowing if the door is going to fly open at any moment because it won't lock from the inside.

Looks like we have a sinkhole in its infancy. Notice the cracking of the pavement on both sides of what looks like a puddle. This is just a couple of feet from where I park my car. Would appreciate our hard-working dgs crew to take a look.

Same pothole that I reported on 1/17/20 that had been reported filled by DGS and case was closed on 2/11/20 (even though I posted on 2/11/20 that it had not been filled). If you look closely you can see a pie shaped circle of blacktop near the small metal water main cover with nothing done to the huge crumbling area of adjacent road. Hopefully the worker who filled that tiny hole reported to DGS the extensive work really needed to fill in this dangerous spot.

The Albany City Forestry workers just removed a branch from this very dangerous tree that is on city property and overhangs the whole street near the corner of Fairview Ave and Oakwood St. My wife spoke with the DGS worker today who said he had a work order to only remove a branch; I just spoke with another DGS worker who was inspecting the tree for possible removal and he said it was on city property!! A car or a person walking his dog under the large branch that overhangs the sidewalk and street could be killed or badly injured if the rest of the tree falls down. I would urge the City Forester, Jay Lavigne, to issue a work order to take down the rest of this rotting tree (it's apparently infested with ants according to the DGS worker inspecting it) before a bad accident happens. A large branch fell on the homeowners van last summer and completely smashed the windshield and front of his van and a plumbers van that was in his driveway was also damaged when part of the tree fell on it also last summer. The City needs to take action soon before the public safety is threatened.

There are two unseeded areas on city property like this on Oakwood St. near my house on 35 Oakwood St. They were from a gas line that was installed last year. The second unseeded area is directly across the street. The subcontractor who did this work last year neglected to seed these 2 bare areas. Hopefully Albany City can take care of the seeding. Also the sign pole is too short and the no parking sign is facing in the wrong direction.

DGS pothole patrol has come and gone but missed these deep ones I reported last month. Very dangerous for senior bikeriders who prefer the wide sidewalks in this area.

2 sets of fairly deep potholes on W. Lawrence St side of S. Main and Fairview Ave corner (one set on either side right on the corner). I ride my bike here every day and could easily get injured by these potholes. For some reason the usually thorough DGS pothole crew hasn't noticed these.

Thick layer of dirt on road causing 24/7 toxic dust cloud left over from new gas line installation by National Grid subcontractor from Rhode Island last week and Talham Paving Co last Monday. You'd think there'd be some kind of close coordination between Albany DGS and these National Grid subcontractors to clean up the aftermath of their digging and paving. Myself and numerous others have complained about these sloppy subcontractors on Clickfix with little subcontractor or DGS followup. Obvious solution is to get a DGS crew here to shovel up the think layer of dry, dusty road dirt and run the street cleaner (or use a water truck) over what's left until road is clean.This is an issue throughout this immediate neighborhood where new gas lines are being installed on many streets such as Maplewood, Barnet, Edison, West Erie, etc.

Now that the National Grid contractors have finished their street work and left, we now have our very own toxic cloud of dirt dust next to my house every time a car drives by. There is no sign of a water truck or street sweeper to lessen the dust cloud. I am amazed that there is no coordination with DGS and the National Grid contractors to minimize this problem. If I had breathing problems I would have to leave my house but thankfully we are leaving for a week's vacation. If I could upload a video on this site then you would be able to see the dirt cloud. A normal once a week street cleaning will never fix the problem. A sweeper need to go over this thick layer of dirt 10-15 times before it gets better.

National Grid contractors are now working on my street installing new gas lines. In general they are doing a good job. The problem is the untreated layer of dirt they leave on the roads when they are finished. I noticed that after any of their work is finished in my neighborhood (Maplewood St. for example) that there is no attempt by them or the city to clean the dirt off the streets and a toxic dirt cloud fills the air whenever a car or truck goes by. Even my bike kicks up dust when I bike down Maplwood. You'd think either the contractors or the city would be on top of this situation and would provide a water truck and/or street cleaner when they are through instead of torturing the residents for many weeks with a toxic dust cloud, Rain has helped the situation somewhat but I am not looking forward to this cloud happening on my street.

Are we back to the Corning era when streets were unplowed until the warm weather melted the snow? Oakwood Street between N Scotland and Fairview has been largely untouched by city snowplows. There's one narrow little meandering lane down the middle of the street that's very difficult to maneuver with all the abandoned cars and people trying to dig out their cars. There no place to park on the even side for tonight because that side has been unplowed. Not one plow today. Where are they? Fairview st is also essentially on narrow lane. If a fire engine attempted to go down my street it wouldn't get too far.