Tom,
The system down here by Coal and Richmond works off and on too. I have seen crews out repairing it several times.
One of my neighbors at Brwn Mawr was doing the same as you, watering the shrubs for awhile.
I am still trying to get the Mayor’s Lead/Coal team to remove the three perennial trees and put in the three deciduous trees they were suppose to install as we discussed in the planning phase years ago. The mayor says there is no money for these trees but he plans on cutting down all the trees on Central put in for shade.
We spent a lot of money to put in south facing solar collecting windows along the Coal side of our house. Then the Lead/Coal contractors put in perennial trees to block the sun in the winter on the south side, almost deliberately it seems. We told them this in the planning phase and now the city wants to walk away from all the problems they created. This does not bode well for the A.R.T. project.
Bob
I called in a report to the city's 311 regarding the irrigation system not being turned on or not working properly on Coal, just east and west of Carlisle. The system is still not on. I sent Pat Davis an email last week telling him about plants that have died last year and are presently dying due to lack of water. A week has gone by and I have not received a response from him. It is a shame that the city spent all this money on the Lead/Coal project and put in all this green space, only to let the plants die and make the area look bad. I have been watering the green space on the side of my house that faces Coal......I should not have to be doing this. I think that Pat Davis needs to take some responsibility for his district. How do I get someone to respond and make sure the irrigation system is working??????...........AND....make sure that more plants don't die?????