by Nuria Chantre

The Somerville News called the MBTA today  for clarification on a pile of trash outside the Davis Square T station.

‚ÄúI oversee the contracts in maintenance.  It‚Äôs my responsibility,‚Äù said Rich Hart, assistant superintendent of MBTA station support services.

Rich Hart

Hart said he oversees grounds clean-up.

The pile, which included furniture pieces, debris and token collection boxes, was inexplicably dumped by a sidewalk outside the Red Line station in Davis Square.  ‚ÄúI think this is where they pick it up from; those are from the toll trash.  I don‚Äôt know what they‚Äôre doing here,‚Äù said Brian Holland, an MBTA inspector.

Construction debris is not picked up along with regular trash,
Holland said.  It must be from when they did re-did the station and
added the new equipment, he said.

‚ÄúI will have to check with Porter Square to see,‚Äù Holland said.  The
city does not pick up the MBTA trash.  MBTA has its own contractors who
may have left the trash behind for a later pick-up, he said. 

Hart, an MBTA employee for six
years, said he would work on getting the trash removed right away.