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Kate 18:31 on 2025-02-21 Permalink Reply  

• Meezly 21:12 on 2025-02-21 Permalink

  We just got home after walking around the Plateau. Snow removal crews were out working while we were out. Two cars were towed away to make way for the plows.

• JP 23:46 on 2025-02-21 Permalink

  Witnessed some snow removal happening on Dudemaine near Acadie as well. I’ve done my share of complaining regarding the snow, snow removal, etc. but the walk in the evening from the bus stop to home felt magical with lots of snow still around but better clearance on the sidewalks to actually walk..

• Chris 10:28 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Forget about removal. When will sidewalks be usable?

• Joey 10:43 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Are they using the street plows to clear the sidewalks before removing the snow? Some sidewalks are higher than the adjacent snow banks on the street. I can only imagine they’ll need to remove it all in one shot – that seems really unprecedented to me. No way could a chenillette do anything useful on my block, for instance.

• Kate 11:18 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Chris, have you walked around your neighbourhood to see how it’s going? My immediate sidewalk’s not been cleared, but once I reach the corner it’s fine. Sidewalks on main streets around here aren’t bad, although narrowed by snow piles on one or both sides.

  Joey, I don’t think a chenillette could deal with the sidewalk on my block either. It’s a goat path, solidly packed down by many passing feet.

  After the weekend, temperatures are set to go above freezing. That will cause its own problems but might make clearing the sidewalks easier.

• Ian 13:09 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Chenillettes can handle a lot, Bernard at Parc is heavily travelled by foot and was insanely packed down but the chenilletes cleared it right down to the sidewalk fully edge to edge, & spread gravel to boot..

• mare 13:33 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  I saw a new model chenillette mounted with a snowblower in front. I haven’t seen it in action but I guess it could blow the snow *over* the snow bank onto the street were it can be dealt with by the giant graders and picked up by trucks.
  I hope they use it on my street because almost all the carés d’arbres are staked off because people planted plants in them, like the borough encouraged them to do. Having snowplows or chenillettes going over the plants and raised flower beds for access will anger a lot of people.

  Also, we have some very enthusiastic people on my block that kept cleaning the sidewalk of the whole block on Sunday during the storm after it was clear that the chenillettes weren’t going to show up. So our block is by far the easiest to navigate of all sidewalks in the neighbourhood (I’ve seen/tried them all). But in general walking the alleyways is even easier because the contracted commercial snow removal firms did excellent jobs.

  (I plan to top off the mountain of snow on ‘my’ caré d’arbre and shovel it onto the street before the street gets cleaned so there’s room for more snow in case of another storm. Winter isn’t over yet.)

• Joey 17:12 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Worst offenders so far:

  1. Private snow removal companies that dump snow anywhere and everywhere

  2. Drivers who’ve parked their cars so far from the curb they impede traffic and, especially, snowplows.

  3. People who decided to take out their loosely tied together trash and recycling bags.

  Who am I missing?

• MarcG 19:07 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  Car owners who shovel the snow from around their car into the middle of the sidewalk

• Tim S. 20:04 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  5) contractors who as soon as a street is cleared put up no parking signs along half a block. I guess they want to get back to work too, but don’t be greedy!

• Joey 23:44 on 2025-02-22 Permalink

  MarcG, they’re 1A.