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For most of this year (for at least six months), several temporary plywood coverings have been in place, covering a large construction (utility?) hole in an area of very heavy pedestrian traffic at the corner of 14th & Swann St, NW, in Logan Circle. Given the boards continued exposure to the elements, the plywood is basically disintegrating in place. I have seen people pushing strollers over them, and joggers crossing them, and have grown increasingly concerned at how the boards flex and sag as people cross them. I fear the boards could crack and break at any moment, and cannot understand how what was clearly a temporary solution to cover the potentially very deep hole beneath could be allowed to persist for so long.

PLEASE remedy this situation as soon as possible before someone is horribly injured. If the hole must be allowed to exist for a longer period (I haven't seen any work done at the site for months), please at least replace the plywood with heavy metal plates, like those that were installed on the Swann Street roadway surface, just a few feet away from the disintegrating plywood coverings.

Thank you.