On the other side of this mini-mountain on East Seventh Street is a nice clean sidewalk. But to get there? One choice was to walk against oncoming traffic in the street, which was reduced to half a lane by snow left over from the December blizzard. Oh, I forgot - that was the only choice. By the way, it was city workers plowing Municipal Parking Lot 7 who apparently decided to put the snow on the sidewalk.
Here's the driveway to Lot 7 from Park Avenue, normally a shortcut for high school students and other pedestrians. Except for where a truck pushed up a big pile of snow a third of the way in from Park Avenue, the 16 inches of snow from the last storm remain untouched.
Closer to home, people who step off our back stairs encounter a dangerous patch of ice from the dripping eaves above. Somebody did clean it up once today and left some salt, so tenants can deal with it as needed.Getting half a block from my door to Twin City was really treacherous today. The ice-and-snow removal law was a bit of a joke. Short of having a fire-breathing dragon on the case, I fear we Park & Seventh pedestrians are in for a lot more of the same as January winds up.
--Bernice
The bigger joke is that once that snow melts "WATCH OUT"...here come the uneven sidewalk inspectors..well, not for your area Bernice. You officially live in downtown and the sidewalks and buildings there are ignored. I would comment about enforcement of simply quality of life rules, but we know it's not going to change.
ReplyDeletewhoever plowed lot 7,needs 2 take a second look.how are the people who go 2 church tomorrow going 2 park? and the walkway between park and 7th whats up with that?sloppy sloppy.
ReplyDeleteyou mean there are quality of life laws here? surely you jest!
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