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geffe71 t1_ixmd5yy wrote

Reply to comment by EriK-The-Green in What’s up with the gas smell about a half mile before exit 127 on 90 going eastbound? by theon3leftbehind

You do realize it’s cheaper to triage and replace when scheduled than keep putting bandaids until then. Every time the street is opened up it costs money

No use opening up the street for a grade 3 when a Grade 2 or 2a takes precedent. Mose nuisance leaks are grade 3s anyway and are fixed according to migration area. Bigger migration area means it get priority over smaller migration area.

The leaks are getting fixed, but the higher priority ones are getting done first.

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agenz899 t1_ixmieae wrote

They were likely commenting on something that they have no knowledge the inner workings of. This explains why they triage and replace pretty well.

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geffe71 t1_ixmj3hl wrote

Honestly, if it’s 1890-1918 cast iron (which it usually is) disturbing the pipe to make a repair on something that only has reads in the street will probably cause another leak. The state is already holding the utilities feet to the fire on replacing cast iron and even more so after the state got its pee pee slapped by the feds after Merrimack Valley.

Monitoring less hazardous leaks instead of putting on a bandaid and opening a can of worms seems to be the more prudent option.

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