Kocher and Ahmad said the fence has been replaced in the past, but that with so much recent rain, officials would re-inspect it. "It might need some stability at the bottom," Kocher said.
Kilduff said the university is "very, very pleased that the city is taking this project forward" because of the danger posed to students.
WHO CAN FIX THIS -- Azzam Ahmad, acting chief of storm water engineering for the Baltimore Department of Public Works: 410-396-4700. City residents can also call 311 to report problems.
UPDATE -- Last week, Watchdog wrote about a flashing traffic signal that is designed to activate only when cars stop for more than three seconds at Greenspring Avenue and Woodvalley Drive north of the Baltimore Beltway. A motorist had complained the intersection was dangerous because a hill blocked their views; the county said the light was put in to warn drivers.
Norman Shillman from Keyser Road wrote to complain that his community association has been trying to get the county to lower the hill to improve sight lines. Shillman and several other residents wrote to say the signal doesn't operate properly.
"The signal sometimes flashes when there are no other motorists at that intersection and at times it doesn't flash and there is activity," he said in an e-mail. "I personally stood for almost a half hour near the intersection during rush hours on four separate occasions. ... Even when properly flashing they do little to slow the speeding traffic on Greenspring."
A county public works spokesman has said engineers checked the signal at the request of Watchdog and found it to be in working order.
