02-20-2022, 06:28 PM
(02-17-2022, 12:10 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(02-17-2022, 12:04 PM)neonjoe Wrote: I've seen contractors cleaning the CMBs and Bus stops in my area pretty frequently. (Rosenberg)
A good neighbour will clear them before the contractors come in to do it since it usually seems like it takes a few days.
Bus stops are cleared (poorly) by GRT's contractors.
But the SLA is absolute trash. They are not even supposed to begin until 24 hours after the end of snow (so that they don't have to come back since the city will be done ploughing), and they have something like 72 hours AFTER that point to finish. I don't know about the current contractor, but the previous contractor basically waited until 72 hours after snowfall ended to even begin clearing, with the hope it would snow again, restarting the timer.
I noticed that one of the Xpress stops, on Ottawa between Mowat and Westmount (DT bound) is still not cleared, and you see people struggling to get onto the bus. The stop closest to my house hasn't been clear since the big storm in January. In both cases, they're not attached to peoples homes.
I think one of the issues is that we haven't had a tough winter in a number of years, and with the way budgets are made, if you don't use it, you lose it. Maybe this is why so many areas remain snow covered.