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...point: the rat problem. Though the councillors themselves have rarely delved into discussions of the city’s rodent infestation in the past two years, citizen speakers are often eager to bring the pest problem to the councillors’ attention. The Cambridge Department of Public Works (DPW) operates a rat hotline, where citizens can report rat sightings or get help keeping rats from entering their house. DPW also has a Web site with frequently asked questions about the pests, providing information like the weight of the heaviest rat found in Cambridge (1 and 1/3 pounds). But some citizens...
Harvard University’s Facilities Maintenance Operations (FMO) spent roughly $20,000 for every mile of sidewalk and road cleared of snow last year, more than twice what the City of Cambridge paid per mile over the same period. The Cambridge Department of Public Works (DPW) spent $1.1 million in total on snow removal to clear 125 miles of public roadway and 18 miles of sidewalk last fiscal year, according to Lisa Peterson, commissioner of the DPW. According to Wayne Carbone, head of snow removal for FMO, Harvard spent about half a million dollars last year removing snow from...
While Dunphy said he could not confirm which area restaurants were the source of the waste, a news release from the EPA reported that the DPW has asked each of the restaurants to stop the dumping...
Dunphy said the DPW and the Cambridge Inspectional Services Department have tried to make restaurants aware of the hazards of releasing their waste before it is treated. The discovery that restaurants were releasing waste into the storm drains was unexpected, he said...
...Miller, a spokesperson for the EPA, praised the Cambridge DPW for spotting the pollution source. Cleaning up the Eliot Street storm drain will not make a significant difference in the Charles' cleanliness, she said, but more discoveries of such sources will...