Have DPW and National Grid Given Hudson Its First Bicycle Lane?

Go ahead and laugh! 

A Simple Litmus Test For Our Esteemed Mayor

Welcome to Hudson!  Again and 
again and again....

I don't know about you, but for the past few years I have been wondering exactly why the award-winning "sign" found along 9G/South 3rd Street is even there if it is so difficult, if not impossible, to read while driving by.  What is Hudson City Hall trying to tell the thousands of drivers and passengers who pass by the "sign" each day headed into our fair city?  

Catching a glimpse of the "sign" at 20 or 30 mph raises all sorts of questions:  Is it an advertisement for a bowling alley in town?  Is the "sign" hoping to direct drivers to the high school?  Is Hudson known as the rusty city?  Did something exciting happen in this town in the 1980's and 90's?  Did Hudson become a ghost town recently?  What's wrong with the mayor in this town, if there even is one at City Hall?  Is it possible he or she is blind?  Are all upstate cities so sloppy?  What the hell is a "bow team" anyway?  Does Hudson have a big Alcoholics Anonymous chapter that they need to warn people about?  Is Hudson a city full of drug-addled pranksters, even in City Hall?  (There is a D.A.R.E. sign just beyond, after all!)  And last, but not least:  What happened to Hudson?

Coming Soon To A Riverside Park Near You!

 

Hudson Is Now A Little Tidier and More Respectable

Is this progress?  What did it take to get 
this done?

Readers of Hudseen are likely aware of my disdain for the city's use of plastic bags to cover its fire hydrants that have gone out of service.  You may even have been introduced to Hudseen over a year ago by an article on the topic!  To my pleasant surprise -- and possibly yours as well -- I think that I have finally found the right people to help get to the bottom of this issue and to right this wrong.  It was not easy, and our mayor was most definitely no help. 

Hey, Look! The Dumpster Is Finally Gone!

Today and tomorrow...

4 or 5 months ago

2 months ago

And Then There's This...

2 parking violations, but no tickets will be issued
for two days.  Whose street is it, anyway?

This afternoon, it appears that Mullen had to park a piece of machinery of theirs on Warren at 5th Street for the weekend.  They had to leave most of it in a NO PARKING ZONE and just enough of it in a metered parking space to render the space unusable, unsafe and free of revenue in the form of quarters -- FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND in downtown Hudson.  So very thoughtful of Mullen, isn't it?  Even when they aren't working, they are disrupting downtown parking.  For how much longer?

Mullen does stuff like this because no one at City Hall is paying attention or cares to -- it is as simple as that.  No one at City Hall told Mullen they were not to do this.  So they did it.  Why wouldn't they?

Unusable metered parking space

"It Will Be A While" (Longer). Do You Think That Anyone At City Hall Cares How Much Longer?

National Grid's contractor, Mullen & Sons, busy on 
Warren Street this morning.  Still busy!

Yesterday morning, 6th Street between Warren and Prison Alley was closed to traffic due to excavation in the street by National Grid's contractor Mullen & Sons.  This morning at the intersection of 6th and Warren, with 6th street opened up again to traffic, I spoke with a worker for Mullen.  He and his crew were preparing to dig up the street again as National Grid's gas line replacement project continues into its 5th or 6th month on Warren Street.  I started by asking him if he knew how much longer they were planning on working on Warren Street.