Tag: safety

Here’s another update on my earlier post, Letter to City Hall. Last week Councillor Jamie Korab, Lead for Public Works, answered one of my questions on CBC Radio. I asked how much had been added to sidewalk snowclearing since 2021 and when timelines would be shortened? Councillor Korab said that timelines have been changed from 4-7 days to within 5 days and distance cleared has gone up from 161 km to 175 km. He also sort of answered another question about whether the City is enforcing the bylaw against dumping snow on sidewalks cleared by the City. He said “fines vary.” One more thing he mentioned that I found interesting is that the City decides which sidewalks to clear “based on vehicle and pedestrian traffic.” I’m not sure how they know this. They may have some way of tracking vehicles but I’ve never seen any pedestrian counters in St. John’s. So I’m left with new questions: in what sense do fines vary and how are these decisions made? And how is pedestrian traffic measured?