Crime & Safety

Who's Responsible For Cracked Streetlights Leaning Over A Boston Road?

Professor James Lambrechts says it's clear the poles are leaning towards the highway. "As it leans more, it bends more," he says.

(CBS Boston)

June 30, 2025

The I-Team is getting the bottom of a potentially dangerous problem in a Boston neighborhood.

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Ann Marie Ford lives in Dorchester and says she's concerned about the streetlights along Gallivan Boulevard. Many look to be in in disrepair, and she says they could pose a danger.

Ann Marie pointed out the cracks, rust and crumbling concrete telling the I-Team, "I was kind of shocked, because we just saw the one and then when we looked up, we saw them all down the median and it's dangerous."

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