06-18-2018, 11:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-18-2018, 11:25 AM by danbrotherston.)
(06-18-2018, 10:19 AM)panamaniac Wrote:(06-18-2018, 09:42 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: This is going to Committee today,
Frankly, I'm not that excited about it.
After a second read through, I now see two problems.
First, as I said, there doesn't seem to be any prioritization of snow clearing on major routes vs. side streets.
Second, and this is surprising, all of these seem to be seeking to achieve the LOS guaranteed by the existing bylaw, which is, to put it honestly, trash.
Am I reading this wrong?
I believe that you are correct on both counts. Re the first, however, the lack of prioritization seems logical (from a bureaucratic point of view) if the idea is to eventually implement 100% coverage - they need to gather data on all types/locations of sidewalks to provide a basis for full implementation.
My concern, identified by the City, is the increase in salt usage that will result from this.
For prioritization, you bring up a good point, they could also do a study where only major, and/or curb faced sidewalks are cleared, they aren't doing that.
But I actually meant simply that major routes should be cleared with a higher priority, instead of apparently equally here, not in lieu of 100% clearing--basically implement the same clearing policy for sidewalks, as they already do for roads (I mean, how complicated is that?)
This is important because one key questions to be answered here is how people respond to it. If they aren't prioritizing, people are going to be less happy with the service.