Port Coquitlam should put money into emergency snow fund
Even though all we've experienced is rain this fall, memories of last winter's snowstorms have many Tri-City residents preparing for the worst in the coming months.
Email
Print
Letter to Editor
Share
The Editor,
Re. "Other cities should copy PoMo’s approach on snow" (Letters, The Tri-City News, Nov. 4).
Letter writer Fay Wright is not the only one. Last year I received a call from the city of Port Coquitlam saying someone complained about snow on the city's sidewalk. I told the lovely lady that I was 67 and health compromised, and I couldn't pay big bucks to have it cleared. This lady said maybe I could put some salt down and not to worry about the mountains of snow at each end of the sidewalk or the mountain of snow along the road. I don't see the need for a shovelled sidewalk after the city blocks them and blocks the lanes and driveways. I live on a corner lot.
What do we pay taxes for? I can't say that I have received any service from the city for my tax dollars.
I was raised in Winterpeg and remember the graders doing the streets and the little grader behind them clearing sidewalks, driveways and lanes. Will it cost more? Yes. Garbage pick-up cut in half? Put the saved money in snow removal. Making cuts elsewhere? Put the money in snow removal — or at the least an emergency fund for snow removal.
On a lighter note, maybe it will just rain all winter.
D. Tait, Port Coquitlam
v2
