The_Cat
Senior Member
What gets me about some neighborhoods is the number of sidewalks not shovelled. Those are dangerous too.
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The Edmonton Method - Snow Removal
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ntt1
Active Member
And the kicker is that these are all city-maintained paths, which were cleared to standard. It’s fine when the temperatures are consistent, but when it gets warm, this is what happens. They’re probably sick of seeing 311 reports on these same areas every year, but these conditions are downright dangerous.
TAS
Senior Member
How about your councillor (Morgan?) - any correspondence?
ntt1
Active Member
an_edmontonian
New Member
My sidewalk is basically impossible to keep ice free at the moment for a few reasons.
1. Its along the south side of the street and receives zero sunlight in the winter.
2. The alley's runoff enters the c&g at the east end of my lot, and the CB is at the corner at the west end of my lot, meaning there is a substantial flow of water in front of my house during warm spells like this.
3. The COE ploughed the street and left a 5 foot high windrow in front of my house in the C&G (and half the sidewalk as well), meaning the flow of water that usually remains on the road is now pooling up on the sidewalk as a very large puddle, and slowly flowing down the sidewalk towards the CB.
Neighbours on the north side of the street have no windrow, and basically no snow at this point. Lucky SOB's haha. I do my best putting down traction gravel and salt sometimes. But There is a small babbling brook running down my sidewalk during the day which then freezes at night. Not much I can do.
1. Its along the south side of the street and receives zero sunlight in the winter.
2. The alley's runoff enters the c&g at the east end of my lot, and the CB is at the corner at the west end of my lot, meaning there is a substantial flow of water in front of my house during warm spells like this.
3. The COE ploughed the street and left a 5 foot high windrow in front of my house in the C&G (and half the sidewalk as well), meaning the flow of water that usually remains on the road is now pooling up on the sidewalk as a very large puddle, and slowly flowing down the sidewalk towards the CB.
Neighbours on the north side of the street have no windrow, and basically no snow at this point. Lucky SOB's haha. I do my best putting down traction gravel and salt sometimes. But There is a small babbling brook running down my sidewalk during the day which then freezes at night. Not much I can do.
TAS
Senior Member
This morning.
Like the promenade on the north side of river, this is meant to be one of the city's signature walks and best views on the south along Sask Drive. It needs to be clear and safe - but again, snow pushed off the road and stored along shared use path ends up causing havoc for people walking.
Like the promenade on the north side of river, this is meant to be one of the city's signature walks and best views on the south along Sask Drive. It needs to be clear and safe - but again, snow pushed off the road and stored along shared use path ends up causing havoc for people walking.
IanO
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ntt1
Active Member
But a significant portion of roads are bone dry.
The_Cat
Senior Member
I threw some salt on my neighbor’s walk, which is glare ice.
an_edmontonian
New Member
Seeing these ice flows taking over paths and sidewalks all over the city. Maybe the COE needs to think about installing heating systems into future construction?
ADob
Active Member
Some of it is also due to terrible design. My parents live in a mid century house in Lendrum and the drain is halfway between their driveway and their neighbours', at the highest spot between them. My parents salt, sand, scrape, shovel, and still end up with a skating rink at the base of their driveway because short of syphoning the water off somewhere, there's not much they can do.
ntt1
Active Member
Yeah, it is unavoidable in certain spots, but the city's snow clearing standards/procedures for their MUPs sure don't help. Windrows left to melt onto the 2-5cm of snowpack lead to a skating rink (or a significantly deep puddle) more often than not in shaded areas. There doesn't really seem to be any effort made to do anything on the city-maintained paths unless they are peppered with 311 reports, and even then it takes at least a week for anything.
an_edmontonian
New Member
I have a similar situation as I pointed out in post #200.
policyenthusiast
Senior Member
These are unbelievably expensive to build & run. Unfortunately, ice is sort of just a part of life in northern AB.
David A
Senior Member
Yes ice is part of life but it tends to be so much worse where snow is not removed or piled.