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This might not be 100% Mt. Washington related but being that it’s at the bottom of our beautiful mountain I thought everyone should know about it.
From the Post Gazette:
The “hole in the wall” at the West End Circle is scheduled to open to northbound traffic Tuesday, another milestone in PennDOT’s $52.6 million project [...]

Not sure where you all live, but our street still hasn’t been touched by a plow or piece of salt. I guess it’s considered tertiary so I’m thinking we’re looking at March until we get some help digging out. Anyway, I didn’t realize that this has been the snowiest February on record. According to the PG, [...]

UPDATE: The Post Gazette wrote an article about this, it’s on the front page as of right now here.
Interesting quote from the article:
Rob Kaczorowski, city public works director, said the slide occurred on the upper part of the road, just below the Grandview Avenue intersection.
“The area was not part of the major improvement [...]

Not that this will affect any of us since we’re all staying in the neighborhood tonight, but all of the friends you’ve invited to Mt. Washington may need to know about road closures. Don’t forget to check vuplus.org to plan your evening.
10 a.m. – 10 p.m. – Market Square
Forbes Avenue at Wood Street
Market Street at [...]

McArdle Roadway work set for this week
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
By Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The city Public Works Department plans to close Upper McArdle Roadway between the Liberty Bridge and Mount Washington between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday to remove debris and clean drainage catch basins.
The work may be postponed in case of [...]

Suspend Painting Collection Boxes Now
It looks like we may have to suspend the Adopt-A-Collection-Box program. Here’s a note about it from JT Smith. If anyone else has information, please let us know. We personally don’t understand the reasoning behind this decision. If we can somehow get them to reconsider, we should:  
I do have some unfortunate news [...]

From the Post Gazette: 
Monday, November 03, 2008
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Mon Incline is up — and down running again.
 
The mountainside commuter rail car experienced technical problems Saturday evening, and it was shut down twice by the Port Authority.Since about 10 p.m.
 
Saturday, the Incline had been out of operation.Service resumed around 8:30 a.m. today after repairs were made.During [...]

According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Mon Incline is not operating as of 1PM. But PAT is making buses available as an alternative.

I didn’t know if everyone is aware, but the Monongahela Incline is owned and operated by Port Authority transit. So while Mr. Onorato plays hard ball with PAT, are you making plans to get to work should it not be a transportation option for you?
How will you get to work? Put on your hiking boots [...]

According to an article in today’s Tribune-Review, a special district within Mt. Washington may be chosen to study the effects light rail and more bus corridors would have on our community.
“Studies of East Liberty, Homewood/North Point Breeze, Beechview and Mt. Washington would determine if special districts in each neighborhood — called Transit Revitalization Investment Districts — [...]