Without question this winter has been hideous for the home builders, with constant snow removal problems in January, February, and March. Many homes have had ice dam form on the roof edge, resulting in meltwater backup and water damage inside, even on new roofs. The City seems incapable of even plowing the grid streets of the inner city, so snow removal in the culdesac suburban landscape would be unthinkable.
Why can the city not do one or two plows in the inner city areas? the taxes on new homes is approaching $6000 per year, that is a lot of money. Each time a builder finishes a new semi-detached, the the tax base grows from $3500 to $11000 per year. That should pay for a little better service for snow removal than in the low density sprawl areas.
The problem with not plowing the roads, but ensuring the sidewalks are shovelled, is we get problems like this:
The streets are ice packed over top the curb so meltwater has nowhere to flow except on the sidewalk! At night the flowing river freezes and this makes for a very dangerous situation. Thanks for the great work City. Maybe you should spend some of the $20,000 I gave you in fees to do a little snow removal.