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Following up to last week’s post on the latest round of Snow Policy work, I can confirm that Council intervened and, as you may have read in the media, the blanket seasonal parking ban on bus routes has been suspended. At the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee meeting on September 6, I proposed that all we… Read More
Let me start with an apology for the snow service Edmonton residents have received this winter. Our response to the conditions was not good enough and I am sorry for the disruption. I must also express gratitude for the efforts of our staff and contractors who have generally done their best under the circumstances, and… Read More
This post is a follow up from my Snow Policy Must Change post. Yesterday at Transportation and Public Works committee we debated the proposed new Snow Policy. My comment to the head of Transportation was “I couldn’t have written this better myself.” It calls for just what I called for back in January, specifically: a 5cm snow… Read More
We – Edmonton City Council – need to change the city’s Winter Road Maintenance Policy. City staff are for the most part achieving the 48 hour response target on main roads and bus routes, and they are doing exactly what they are supposed to do under the policy for residential side streets, which is to… Read More