I RECENTLY HAD THE NEED TO TRAVEL FROM MY SOMERVILLE HOME TO MT AUBURN HOSPITAL. I CHOSE A ROUTE FROM SOMERVILLE AVENUE ONTO MASS AVENUE, CAMBRIDGE, THEN THROUGH WALDEN STREET AND FAYERWEATHER STREET THROUGH TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE KNOW THESE STORMS WERE VERY BAD, BUT I WAS APPALLED TO SEE HOW POOR THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ON THE BACK STREETS ON THAT ROUTE., FORGETTING THE POT HOLES, THE ROADS WERE BARELY PASSABLE AND APPEARED TO BE IN MUCH WORSE CONDITIONS THAN THOSE OF OUR ROADS HERE IN SOMERVILLE. I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND GRADITUDE FOR THE HARD WORKING EMPLOYEES OF THE CITYS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WORK IN CLEARING THE ROADS OF SOMERVILLE. THEY ALL DESERVE A COMMENDATION. THIS IS JUST ONE PERSONS OBSERVATION AND BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHARE. MARY E. SNOW