Winter Walking and Cycling

[MidTowner]

I have no idea why bylaw is entirely .... impotent ... in the face of habitually uncleared sidewalks.  The sidewalk outside the train station in DTK has never been cleared this winter, once, I don't know how that can be.
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This is a good example. I simply don't understand, either. I've called about this specific stretch, twice, back in January. I'm confident I can't be the only one. Under any system, it's just unthinkable to me that, eventually, that would not be cleared. But, as far as I can tell, only the weather has accomplished that this winter.

It might be the case that the City of Kitchener cares so little about mobility that they will find a way to fail to achieve clear sidewalks no matter the regime. I worry about that.

I think they should be able to clear sidewalks. That seems easy, especially compared to clearing all of our roadways. But I also feel that they should be able to receive a call identifying a sidewalk as not being adequately cleared, send a property standards officer to investigate, and get that sidewalk cleared, eventually. But the municipal government can't handle that process, for some reason, and it's boggling and doesn't inspire much confidence.