Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

That's common, though. Rarely do they ever bother to plow dirt/gravel paths or even roads because then they'd tear it up and need to grade it come spring.

I was thinking they might plow the asphalt loop to the pond, but not so much.

Plowing a natural area is a challenge because it usually requires putting down salt. While there are some alternatives (like brushing and doing so frequently) these alternatives are expensive.

And I totally understand that salting in a natural area doesn’t matter a whole lot compared with the literal kilotones of salt we dump on the roads but the optics would still be terrible, I mean we have numskulls in our community who try to use salt as justification not to plow the sidewalks. Wouldn’t take much more than a small salt spill for some centrist non-progressive pretend enviro types to go viral freaking out unironically calling the city hypocritical for talking about salt while spreading a (relatively tiny but highly visible) amount in a natural area.

Man I am starting 2021 bluntly.