Walking in Waterloo Region

[MidTowner]

Tell it to the mayors...

I've written my elected officials. My councillor is apparently on-board with the City of Kitchener taking sidewalk clearing on- so that sidewalks are cleared- and as you say, the mayor supposedly is. In the interim, I don't know what to do. I'm expecting that (most) people want to do the right thing. I guess that only a small proportion would be physically or otherwise unable to clear their sidewalks. The amount of contravention of this bylaw wouldn't be tolerated for many others.

One example: There's a property at William and Allen on the southwest corner. I can't tell if it's abandoned or not but it's certainly not been maintained. Its sidewalks have never been cleared during any of the past many winters. What's with that? Do I have to Pingstreet it on a daily basis?

There are a lot of examples I can think of, which are either never cleared, or cleared so infrequently that they are a reliable impediment to just getting around. I don't know what to do- is contacting the municipality about every property one encounters whose sidewalk is not cleared realistic? That could potentially be dozens of addresses in a week like this; that doesn't sound like something that should be necessary or desirable to anyone.