[Summit] Plows Block Street Corners

[Breslers]

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On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Breslers <breslerfamily at gmail.com> wrote:

> Greg- The point of this thread is that the city makes it so it is not
> physically possible, for most of us, to cut through the piles shoved at us.
> And the landlords/citizens, are supposed to.  We have been in this corner
> apartment for 20 years.
>
> Eleanor- I went and made a small whole on the corner of 5th & Hope this
> afternoon,
> because I could barely get over it;
> I suspected the stuff will freeze even more solid tonight
> and I need to cross there almost daily.
> The nearest driveway was the whole house length down Fifth, on a sloping,
> icy, side walk.
>
> I did it because I can't afford any more falls... so instead I end up
> hacking at someone else's icy snow?
>
> Mrs B
>
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Greg Gerritt <gerritt at mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It is exceedingly dangerous and when corners are blocked people in the
>> street.  It would be good if the folks on the corners cut through the
>> piles.  Greg
>>
>> From: Eleanor McCarthy <mikeleanor at gmail.com>
>> Date: Monday, February 13, 2017 at 8:07 PM
>> To: Elianna Bresler <breslerfamily at gmail.com>
>> Cc: Summit Neighborhood <Summit at sna.providence.ri.us>
>> Subject: Re: [Summit] Plows Block Street Corners
>>
>> Yes, it bothers me a lot.  Crossing 4th at Hope today, i saw it would be
>> dangerous for me to use the “footholes” through the pile, so i walked down
>> to the first driveway and crossed there.
>> Eleanor on 6th
>>
>> On Feb 13, 2017, at 6:25 PM, Breslers <breslerfamily at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does it bother anyone else that the plows push piles of snow right onto
>> our street corners, making it really difficult or impossible for
>> pedestrians to cross? Piles so big it is hard for that property owner to
>> curt through, even when the slop doesn't freeze solid?
>>
>> Some of us are not so agile any more, and a fall from those 1, 2, even 3
>> foot high piles would be dangerous.  I worry about falling in front of a
>> car. A few years ago I happened to witness someone slip and go over
>> backwards; I saw he head hit and she was unconscious briefly. She also was
>> distraught at being hauled away in an ambulance.
>>
>> I see the plows are clearing the intersection, but couldn't they dump the
>> stuff 6 ft FROM the corner?  Or could the city send out some small gizmo to
>> clear a hole in those piles?
>>
>> I have posted a few related pictures on the Facebook page.
>>
>> Mrs B
>>
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