01-04-2018, 12:35 PM
The timing of the snow fall has been unfortunate this year- I imagine that, since it was Christmas, a lot of property owners didn’t figure they really had to, and had been spoiled that there hadn’t been much snow at all until then. Plenty have not been done this week, almost two weeks since the only significant snowfalls we’ve really had.
I can’t currently take my kids to the grocery store because the walkway there (no-man’s stretch between Lindwood Ave and Central Market) is not really anyone’s responsibility, and doesn’t get cleared. Actually, it’s kind of being used for snow storage.
Getting anywhere pushing a stroller is at least a workout right now anyway.
I was told the same thing by the City of Waterloo regarding ramps, and that’s among the biggest challenges. Getting down the sidewalk when it’s covered with snow pack is a pain, but if one is then faced with a potentially foot-high mound of snow at the corner, it can be insurmountable.
I remember calling about a property with this situation last year, saying that they had cleared, but then the plow had made the corner inaccessible. The staff member retorted “well, that’s not really the property owner’s fault, is it?”
It's a real shame that the police felt the need to add insult to injury in the case of that collision victim.
I can’t currently take my kids to the grocery store because the walkway there (no-man’s stretch between Lindwood Ave and Central Market) is not really anyone’s responsibility, and doesn’t get cleared. Actually, it’s kind of being used for snow storage.
Getting anywhere pushing a stroller is at least a workout right now anyway.
I was told the same thing by the City of Waterloo regarding ramps, and that’s among the biggest challenges. Getting down the sidewalk when it’s covered with snow pack is a pain, but if one is then faced with a potentially foot-high mound of snow at the corner, it can be insurmountable.
I remember calling about a property with this situation last year, saying that they had cleared, but then the plow had made the corner inaccessible. The staff member retorted “well, that’s not really the property owner’s fault, is it?”
It's a real shame that the police felt the need to add insult to injury in the case of that collision victim.