The Boston Housing Authority, after being told by the Herald of repeated complaints about two chronically malfunctioning elevators that have trapped seniors and disabled people living in a 20-story Egleston Square building, said yesterday it would move immediately to replace them at a cost of $1 million.
"I made a decision we would not do bubble-gum and baseball-card repairs anymore and we would replace the whole system," BHA administrator Bill McGonagle said of his call to seek emergency funds to replace the 26-year-old elevators at Walnut Park. "It was the appropriate and prudent decision to make."
Mayor Martin J. Walsh said in a statement that BHA brass assured him the elevator replacements were a top priority. "I'm extremely concerned by the reports of the conditions of elevators at Walnut Park, which is impacting the access of residents to their homes. This is not acceptable," he said.
According to Boston Fire Department records, firefighters have been called 13 times since last year to remove people trapped in Walnut Park's elevators. However, nine of those rescues have been over the past seven weeks, including four from Friday to Monday.
BHA said it would install new elevators after the Herald contacted it about repeated complaints a fed-up James Pardy, 75, phoned in to the mayor's hotline over the past month. Pardy volunteers to take three disabled Walnut Park residents food shopping several times a week.
"This has been going on for years," Pardy said. "It makes them house-bound or they can't get home. They are either trapped in the lobby or trapped in their apartment."
Frank Christmas, 67, acting president of the Walnut Park Tenant Task Force, said many residents can't make it down the stairs. "It is about time they did this," he said. "I know quite a few people who were trapped inside them."
The BHA in a statement said it has ordered its maintenance contractor to inspect the elevators daily until the overhaul is done in about 120 days, adding: "We have every confidence that the elevators can be operated safely pending their replacement."
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