Crews were still at work this morning removing snow from streets and alleys across the city.
A front-end loader scoops snow from the 1000 block of Davis Street into a waiting truck this morning. (Jan Smith photo)
Snow emergency daytime parking restrictions will be in effect today through Sunday on side streets around town, in one sign of a return to normalcy, classes resumed this morning in District 65 schools and at Evanston Township High School.
So glad I don’t live in Chicago
Chicago: we do not plow alleys: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/02/04/city-we-do-not-plow-alleys/
Organizing a chair-free Chicago (or, what happens when you don’t offer snow emergencies and plow curb to curb) http://chicagoist.com/2010/12/06/its_new_to_us_chair_free_chicago.php
Just in case people are wondering where at least some of our higher taxes go.
Plowing Alleys ?
Response to :So glad I don’t live in Chicago
Chicago: we do not plow alleys: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/02/04/city-we-do-not-plow-alleys/"
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Several years ago the question of plowing alleys came up and I called the city engineer and they said the city does not plow alleys.
Recently a streets employee [not a plower] said they do.
I’ve never seen a city plow in an alley [but then I’m not an alderman or city administrator who I’m sure never see snow piles around their places] . Many people assume the garbage truck traffic that makes the paths but don’t plow.
I know people who think the city plows alleys and having parking lots behind their buildings think they can move their snow to he alley for the city to clean-up.
Anyone know the truth ?
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Wedn. AM a Case [Caterpillar like] plow went down Rosalie and plowed it then turned north and did no more. I assume the people on the street hired the plower [but I don’t know what city officials live there] since Rosalie is a very small street and Asbury was still a mess as were many more major streets. Do many neighborhoods hire their own plows ?
Both sides on street on Thursday—-everywhere ?
By Thursday evening I saw both sides of the streets from Lincoln to Central and Sheridan to Ridge [only streets I was by] had been plowed on both sides.
Since aside from Lincoln and Central, these are not major streets, I assume all the more major streets were plowed on both sides Thursday and the minor streets also, as these were.
Correct ?