When it’s nearly as wet inside a transit shelter as it is outside, it’s time for a new roof.

The weekend provided a much-needed break from the bitter cold of the last week or so, with temperatures well above freezing and even some light rain on Sunday.

The drizzle added a damp chill to the air, the kind of weather that makes people waiting for a bus or streetcar happy to take refuge in a transit shelter — if the TTC stop has one — until their ride rolls up.

But if the shelter has holes in the roof, the rain will find its way in and onto the heads of the people inside, almost as surely as it would if they stood outside.

Don Banh posted a report on SeeClickFix about just such a problem with a transit shelter on Twelfth St., just north of Lake Shore Blvd., at a TTC stop for the Route 110C bus.

We went there and found one of the old shelters from the early 1980s, with a brown metal frame and curved roof made of plastic panels that allow in lots of light.

The middle panel has two large holes in it, along with long cracks that run outward from the holes, all of which would allow an abundance of water to seep in during rainy weather.

Anyone who decided to take their chances inside the shelter would have to stand as far as possible from the middle to avoid a dousing, and even then they’d get wet during a hard rain.

The shelter is old enough that it’s likely to be on the city’s list of candidates for replacement, but until it is switched for a new one, the roof needs a new panel.

STATUS: We’ve asked Carly Hinks, who’s in charge of the city’s street furniture division, if she can arrange to have the roof repaired right away.

UPDATE: Our Jan. 12 column was about a railing to which news boxes are attached, recently installed at a TTC stop at Danforth Ave. and Linsmore Cr., which makes a tight squeeze for riders getting on and off the overnight bus. Hinks said her staff investigated and found that it met the Vibrant Streets guidelines for adequate transit and walking space. So it’ll stay where it is.

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