So one of the nice things about living in Vancouver is that we very rarely get snow, and so there’s little need to clear snow & ice.
One of the bad things, however, is that because it is so rare, no one knows what to do when it does snow. Particularly bad is the lack of sidewalk clearing. I don’t know if it’s a fine not to clear the sidewalk in front of your residence (it is in Toronto, where I grew up), but if it isn’t, it probably should be. Since the snow a few days ago, walking the sidewalks of Vancouver has become somewhat treacherous: Many buildings (Condos seem to be particularly bad for this) have not even cleared the snow at all, so on hills, it’s really a nice ice-slide. Others have salted, but not cleared, or cleared but not salted. Both result in a nice-during-the-day but icy-at-night situation. And, this being Vancouver, salting is a reasonable thing to do, as it doesn’t ever drop below -8 Celsius, which is I think the temperature that the salt stops helping at.
So to everyone in charge of building maintenance, or who live in a house, please, be nice and clear your ice!
Free salt now available from the city [canada.com].
Free salt now available from the city [canada.com].
Free salt now available from the city [canada.com].
As it says in the article referenced there, it is a bylaw that you have to clear your sidewalks. In fact, I think I saw somewhere that you’re expected to do it by 10am each day. But I was thinking this same thing last night and this morning as I walked the treacherous two blocks from my house to the main street. The main streets are pretty good, but holy dinah some of the side/residential streets are perilous.
As it says in the article referenced there, it is a bylaw that you have to clear your sidewalks. In fact, I think I saw somewhere that you’re expected to do it by 10am each day. But I was thinking this same thing last night and this morning as I walked the treacherous two blocks from my house to the main street. The main streets are pretty good, but holy dinah some of the side/residential streets are perilous.
As it says in the article referenced there, it is a bylaw that you have to clear your sidewalks. In fact, I think I saw somewhere that you’re expected to do it by 10am each day. But I was thinking this same thing last night and this morning as I walked the treacherous two blocks from my house to the main street. The main streets are pretty good, but holy dinah some of the side/residential streets are perilous.