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thommyjo
Senior Member
Exactly this. Tired of excuses.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Another example of the City of Edmonton not doing their job:
IanO
Superstar
Winter's back baby!
We really do need to rethink our snow clearing strategy for a modern 'winter city'.
I'm of the opinion that the City should should use their little sidewalk plows to do the CBD (same with the GOA and the Gov't area) before morning rush on days with significant snow such as this. Walking to work today 5% of sidewalks done before 8am and is simply not good enough for a major metro. Private clearing can be fast, but it's inconsistent and there is no reason that main areas should not be done when we know that its coming.
We really do need to rethink our snow clearing strategy for a modern 'winter city'.
I'm of the opinion that the City should should use their little sidewalk plows to do the CBD (same with the GOA and the Gov't area) before morning rush on days with significant snow such as this. Walking to work today 5% of sidewalks done before 8am and is simply not good enough for a major metro. Private clearing can be fast, but it's inconsistent and there is no reason that main areas should not be done when we know that its coming.
thommyjo
Senior Member
100%. I’m meeting with councillor Clark Thursday and will be bringing this up. In our highest density areas with the most workers and retailers, this has to be the norm.
Airboy
Senior Member
On days like this, we should be seeing truck mounted plows out already and not sanders alone. I'm pretty close to one of the transportation service centres and have not seen a plow yet.
We need more trucks with wing plows so they can cover more areas with few trucks. Not the 8 truck caravan we now. I remember seeing in Montreal and NY how they mount plows on other service vehicles just so they can get ahead of the snow fall.
When I worked on a municipality snow plow, as soon as we had a cm, we had trucks out. even if not plowing but patrolling getting ready.
Another thing I find frustrating is how the plows will run down say 118th ave but stop when the reach the end of their district. So you can have get streets and the next knee deep snow. 137ave is another example of this.
There thats my rant for today.
We need more trucks with wing plows so they can cover more areas with few trucks. Not the 8 truck caravan we now. I remember seeing in Montreal and NY how they mount plows on other service vehicles just so they can get ahead of the snow fall.
When I worked on a municipality snow plow, as soon as we had a cm, we had trucks out. even if not plowing but patrolling getting ready.
Another thing I find frustrating is how the plows will run down say 118th ave but stop when the reach the end of their district. So you can have get streets and the next knee deep snow. 137ave is another example of this.
There thats my rant for today.
TAS
Senior Member
Will be interesting to see what kind of budget council allocates for future snow removal - and what it means for tax increases or cuts in other areas.
This was also shared with me regarding the costs to clear the 38km of priority 1 bike lanes - it was from a council inquiry from 2 councils ago.
This was also shared with me regarding the costs to clear the 38km of priority 1 bike lanes - it was from a council inquiry from 2 councils ago.
David A
Senior Member
Anyone who lives in Edmonton for more than a few years knows our annual snow fall can be quite variable, yet we constantly seem surprised and caught off guard when we have a year with a lot of snow.
We should budget based on a 5 or 10 year average. For years when there is not a lot of snow an the budget is not used, the rest goes into a reserve and then when there is a year like this we take it out of the reserve.
thommyjo
Senior Member
The_Cat
Senior Member
I wonder if anybody will complain about the snow plows running at night.
IanO
Superstar
This response seems to be much better than the previous, but I am curious about windrows and whether it will take 3 weeks to remove them from the CBD again.
Airboy
Senior Member
Yes definitely better than last time. Most of the roads on my way in today had been plowed. It may have been during the storm (170st) but all others seem ok. I will see what my cross town drive is like this afternoon.
kcantor
Senior Member
For those wondering how much snow we got since Monday evening, there was no snow on the snow gauge table Monday afternoon:
ntt1
Active Member
I'll repeat it again, but we really need a rapid-response switch to clear shared-use paths along arterial roads and heavily-used areas (eg. near LRT stations) ASAP after significant snow dumps like this. The amount of snow we got, plus drifts from the wind have made every uncleared path almost unwalkable... let alone bikeable or able to be used by people with mobility aids.