Comment 106488

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted December 01, 2014 at 12:14:38 in reply to Comment 106481

Well, yes, of course sidewalks should be plowed! And this point has also been brought up here:

http://raisethehammer.org/blog/2645/blog...

And, in some parts of Hamilton (like Ancaster), the city does plow sidewalks. Councillor McHattie actually proposed extending this to the whole city, and the cost was pretty reasonable for the huge gain in mobility and safety for pedestrians (especially the elderly and disabled).

http://www.900chml.com/2014/09/02/shovel...

Other cities (Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Fredericton and the majority of Metro Toronto) do plow the sidewalks; Hamilton could as well:

http://www.macleans.ca/i/?ap=http%3A//ww...

"But sidewalk plowing appears to be one of the great bargains of municipal governance. Winnipeg, for example, manages to keep its sidewalks free from snow and ice for $2 million a year, or less than $7 per household. "

There is no conflict between plowing sidewalks and plowing bike lanes, especially as bike lanes make up such a small part of the transportation network. We should be willing to pay the money to do both, especially as we already pay $22M to plow lanes for motor vehicles.

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-12-01 12:17:56

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