Ainbinder’s crews continue to skirt rules and regulations. Tearing up one side of a residential street and leaving a 4′ wide lane for residents to navigate – a lane width so small that first responder vehicles could not access residences in an emergency. Parking and abandoning construction vehicles in the 4′ wide lane and blocking all residential access. Breaking water lines and cutting off water to residents for days. No flaggers, no temporary “no parking” signage and NO PERMITS. That’s right, folks, NO PERMITS! City’s response? They used their “discretion” and made an unsupported, unjustified decision not to fine Ainbinder’s construction crews, which directly contradicts the city’s ordinance for no permits. Additionally, after being notified of the missing permits the city failed to identify basic violations, such as no “no-parking” signs and no flaggers.

Looks like monitoring, documenting and reporting Yale St. bridge AND construction company abuses is once again the public’s job. IF THE CITY WON’T issue legally appropriate fines for improper practices, perhaps they should hand that responsibility over to the public as well.

Previous load ratings were estimated for a bridge that had “no plans on record”. At that time, the State rated the sufficiency rating of the bridge at 55.6 out of 100.
After obtaining the bridge plans from the City, the State was able to review actual construction documents and has rated the bridge’s sufficiency rating at 7 out of 100.
Does this feel safe to you? The City continues to ignore requests to perform a structural study that calculates projected new traffic impacts.

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RUDH members continue to see dumptrucks and other over-weight vehicles crossing this bridge and heading to construction sites on a daily basis. If YOU see a truck, snap a cell photo, get a company name or license plate #, call 311 to report it and emailinfo@RUDH.org. MORE YALE ST. BRIDGE INFO coming soon!