Ward 1 newsletter is out - lots to read, including my backgrounder on the 2023 budget.
https://www.maureenwilson.ca/nl_2023-04-14
#budget #infrastructure #snowclearance

"An analysis of #Sweden ’s formerly discriminatory #snow clearance practices showed that it disadvantaged #women, who were more likely to #walk, while employment districts where men predominantly worked were more likely to have #streets plowed first.

Also negative impact on society as a whole: three times as many people are injured while #walking in #icy conditions ... than while driving and the cost of those injuries far exceeds the cost of #SnowClearance."

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2018/01/24/why-sweden-clears-walkways-before-roads/

Our first #BuffaloSnow in our house. As a 30-year Floridian just now learning the rules of residential sidewalk and fire hydrant maintenance, I think I did a pretty good job. Happy for others to let me know the unspoken/unwritten rules of #SnowClearance.