The I-Team is getting the bottom of a potentially dangerous problem in a Boston neighborhood.
Ann Marie Ford lives in Dorchester and says she’s concerned about the streetlights along Gallivan Boulevard. Many look to be in in disrepair, and she says they could pose a danger.
Ann Marie pointed out the cracks, rust and crumbling concrete telling the I-Team, “I was kind of shocked, because we just saw the one and then when we looked up, we saw them all down the median and it’s dangerous.”
“Someone could get killed”
Potentially dangerous because the light poles are leaning into the street. We brought in Wentworth Institute of Technology Engineering Professor James Lambrechts who explained the danger. “Someone could get killed,” Lambrechts said.
Lambrechts says it’s clear the poles are leaning towards the highway. “As it leans more, it bends more,” Lambrechts said. “Its foundation is going to be overloaded. That’s not good.”…