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Councilwoman Smith passed along the following info: The City of Pittsburgh advises that the Department of Public Works will close McArdle Roadway, from Liberty Bridge to Grandview Avenue, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 through Friday, September 10, 2010 in order to allow workers to remove invasive trees and tree [...]

Brian O’Neill gives us food for thought in his piece in this past Sunday’s paper. (“Transportation situation seems to deteriorate“). In his estimation, we could save the PAT bus routes that state legislators are threatening to cut and fix some of our beaten-to-hell-and-back roads for 4 cents more a gallon on gasoline. Seems simple enough [...]

Recent closures of Foodland grocery stores in Beechview and Castle Shannon have raised concerns among people living near Foodlands in other neighborhoods and Mt. Washington is no exception. What is the long-term viability of the Foodland in our neighborhood as it is? Is it fulfilling the needs of the majority of citizens in the 15211? [...]

Are you a licensed Pennsylvania driver? If so, PennDOT wants to know what you think about highway safety in PA. So go here and take their survey if you’d like to have a voice in setting priorities for future highway projects.

City Controller, Michael Lamb has released a more user-friendly version of Pittsburgh’s annual financial report. You can access the 14-page brochure here. As was reported in the Post-Gazette and by other media outlets, our infrastructure needs are great at this point. Interestingly enough, we spent about 65 percent of the General Fund (this finances the [...]

Mayor Ravenstahl, City Council and the Department of City Planning have embarked on a plan to reassess and reinvent the way we live in the 90 neighborhoods that make up the city of Pittsburgh.  The PlanPgh website provides information and solicits opinions from the public to make the planning process more inclusive and reflective of the people that live [...]

Typically us Mount Washtonians don’t have to worry about these 3 Rivers and their crazy floods. That being said, Teresa Smith’s office wanted to get out the word about some local Flood Evacuation Procedures. Below you’ll find .pdf files that break down the evacuation procedures for different areas of flood prone areas in Pittsburgh. Beck’s [...]

If your comments and e-mails are any indication of the larger population, most people are directing any anger they have about the City’s response to this winter’s snow storms at the Mayor. I think this simplifies a complex issue, but I’m just reporting what we hear here at 15211. Although yesterday someone did send an [...]

Impassable streets in 19 neighborhoods were attended to by the City yesterday. Here’s the list. I can’t hold the suspense any longer–Mt. Washington isn’t on it. No one has reported why these neighborhoods were chosen. I don’t think these decisions were politically motivated. At least I hope they weren’t.  I had started to map each neighborhood back to [...]

Along with the progress that’s been made on the One Grandview project, grant money has been given to examine the infrastructure elsewhere on the hilltop. Read the Tribune-Review article about it here. With T service already in place in Beechview and Allentown, it makes sense to thoughtfully revitalize the surrounding business districts. People make their way to the East [...]