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Seaport District road marked for trouble

A car straddles two lanes in this view of Summer Street in South Boston's Seaport District. Misaligned lane markings make for dangerous driving in that area, a reader complains. A car straddles two lanes in this view of Summer Street in South Boston's Seaport District. Misaligned lane markings make for dangerous driving in that area, a reader complains. (Christina Pazzanese for The Boston Globe)
By Christina Pazzanese
Globe Correspondent / January 11, 2009

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Tipster Charles Torrey of the South End asks GlobeWatch to find out why a busy commercial route through South Boston's Seaport District isn't better designed, given its proximity to the marine industrial port, the new convention center, and downtown. "The lane markings on Summer Street between and including the intersections at Drydock Avenue, Fargo Street, and Pumphouse [Road] appear to ... (Full article: 557 words)

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