02-18-2019, 03:12 PM
I was looking around, and this is something that Toronto does:
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City of Toronto Snow Clearing
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If you are a senior or person with a disability living in the city core and require the sidewalk snow clearing service, please download the application form and submit it along with the required documentation. If you have any questions about the form, the service or are unable to print the form, please contact 311. (This service is available in some parts of Toronto, York and East York only).
Here is a brief description of what you can expect:
High pedestrian volume sidewalks will be cleared when the snow has stopped and the accumulation has reached two centimetres (approximately one inch). High pedestrian volume sidewalks are sidewalks on arterial roads, transit routes, near school zones and around accessibility locations.
Low pedestrian volume sidewalks will be cleared when the snow has stopped and the accumulation has reached eight centimetres (approximately 3 inches). Low pedestrian volume sidewalks are sidewalks on local roads.
Generally, it takes approximately thirteen hours to clear sidewalks after a snowfall. However, depending on the severity of the storm, sidewalks may have to be cleared more than once.
This service can take up to 72 hours after the snow has stopped.
The service does not include the clearing of snow from driveways or private approaches (private sidewalks) leading to a residence.
If your property is a corner lot, the sidewalk on the flank will not necessarily be cleared at the same time as the sidewalk at the front. This work is sometimes performed by different equipment.
While every attempt is made to clear all the residences on the service within 72 hours, if your sidewalk has not been cleared after 72 hours after the end of a snowfall, please call 311 and staff will place your address on our “missed list” and crews will be scheduled to attend and clear the sidewalk.
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Interesting thing that I do see too is what are the requirements are for the snow to be removed: 2 cm for busy sidewalks, and 8 cm for low volume sidewalks.
Another point of Mr. Davey's last post was about clearing your sidewalk because you're already doing you driveway. I will say, I think everyone does this. That is, if they're shovelling their driveway, they're not going to skip the sidewalk. Who pulls that type of crap?
However, people don't always clear their driveway down to the cement when we're getting the type of weather that we have gotten. And sidewalks can be worse than driveways if pedestrians have already compressed the snow/slush into a 3" thick slab of ice.
Again, times have changed. As I mentioned before, when I was going to school, and if I were to believe my parents and grandparents when they went to school, sidewalk clearing wasn't something that was normally done to the 'bare cement'. I started to see sidewalks again in mid to late February when the sun was powerful enough to start melting those spots. I get that more people are using sidewalks now during the winter months, but the city needs to look at better ways to help keep the sidewalks clear -- this is especially true of corner lots where plough operators discard snow from the roads.
Quote:
City of Toronto Snow Clearing
If you are a senior or person with a disability living in the city core and require the sidewalk snow clearing service, please download the application form and submit it along with the required documentation. If you have any questions about the form, the service or are unable to print the form, please contact 311. (This service is available in some parts of Toronto, York and East York only).
Here is a brief description of what you can expect:
High pedestrian volume sidewalks will be cleared when the snow has stopped and the accumulation has reached two centimetres (approximately one inch). High pedestrian volume sidewalks are sidewalks on arterial roads, transit routes, near school zones and around accessibility locations.
Low pedestrian volume sidewalks will be cleared when the snow has stopped and the accumulation has reached eight centimetres (approximately 3 inches). Low pedestrian volume sidewalks are sidewalks on local roads.
Generally, it takes approximately thirteen hours to clear sidewalks after a snowfall. However, depending on the severity of the storm, sidewalks may have to be cleared more than once.
This service can take up to 72 hours after the snow has stopped.
The service does not include the clearing of snow from driveways or private approaches (private sidewalks) leading to a residence.
If your property is a corner lot, the sidewalk on the flank will not necessarily be cleared at the same time as the sidewalk at the front. This work is sometimes performed by different equipment.
While every attempt is made to clear all the residences on the service within 72 hours, if your sidewalk has not been cleared after 72 hours after the end of a snowfall, please call 311 and staff will place your address on our “missed list” and crews will be scheduled to attend and clear the sidewalk.
-- End of Quote
Interesting thing that I do see too is what are the requirements are for the snow to be removed: 2 cm for busy sidewalks, and 8 cm for low volume sidewalks.
Another point of Mr. Davey's last post was about clearing your sidewalk because you're already doing you driveway. I will say, I think everyone does this. That is, if they're shovelling their driveway, they're not going to skip the sidewalk. Who pulls that type of crap?
However, people don't always clear their driveway down to the cement when we're getting the type of weather that we have gotten. And sidewalks can be worse than driveways if pedestrians have already compressed the snow/slush into a 3" thick slab of ice.
Again, times have changed. As I mentioned before, when I was going to school, and if I were to believe my parents and grandparents when they went to school, sidewalk clearing wasn't something that was normally done to the 'bare cement'. I started to see sidewalks again in mid to late February when the sun was powerful enough to start melting those spots. I get that more people are using sidewalks now during the winter months, but the city needs to look at better ways to help keep the sidewalks clear -- this is especially true of corner lots where plough operators discard snow from the roads.