A proposal to have city crews clear not only Chicago's roads but also the sidewalks of snow and ice during winter storms inches forward with endorsement from the City Council’s Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee.
A proposal to test the ability of city crews to clear not just Chicago’s roads but also its sidewalks of snow and ice during winter storms inched forward Friday with the endorsement of a key city panel.
After hours of debate and a lengthy recess, the Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Committee agreed Friday to create a working group of city officials and charge them with crafting a pilot program to clear the sidewalks. That group will figure out which sidewalks will be cleared during the test run, who will do the work and how much it will cost, according to the proposal.
Villegas and La Spata were pelted with questions about the plan from other members of the committee, concerned that the City Council was setting itself up to overpromise and underdeliver snow removal in a city where residents take shoveling and plowing very seriously. Before that test could start, the detailed proposal crafted by the working group will have to return to the full City Council for approval.
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