Avoid Route 16 in Wellesley
Route 16 in Wellesley is a disaster right now. If you have any choice in the matter, you should avoid it.
They’ve been ripping up the road around Wellesley College, leaving miles of uneven gravel, a half a foot below the normal road height. This has been fine, if a bit annoying to drive; you slow down to 20 or so, and the road noise is deafening.
Unfortunately, the pounding rain of the past few days has destroyed the road, creating a tortoiseshell minefield of craters several inches deep. We had to drive at three miles per hour, steering to avoid the biggest holes, bouncing up and down in rapid jerks. My poor little car was not happy.
I don’t know how long it will take them to repave this, but I think we need to change our commute to go to the Pike, unpleasant though that is.
On a separate note, the Wellesley town website is useless. Keeping us up-to-date on the status of the construction would be an excellent use of the town’s website (and an outstanding use of RSS.) Anyone know of any services that already do this?
