Great idea Neal. I've had the same problem before with similar
feelings. This seems to be an issue that can and should be easily
remedied, especially in an area like Mpls. where this ice is so common.
CMs, prospective CMs and ditto for the Mayor and prospective mayor, what
do you say about trying to implement something like this. It will
obviously cost something, but I think that many of us would be willing
to have our taxes rise by a few dollars to help take care of some of
these livability issues.
Matthew Dufresne,
Central Neighborhood
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I enjoy the variation in weather that our
Minnesota seasons provide. However, I don't
appreciate having snow plowed into my
driveway, especially if it should happen soon
before I need to leave for an important
appointment. On such occasions, there is
no time for me for get help and I must remove
the snow very carefully with small shovelfuls,
at a time in my life when I am about twice the
age of a person who might be told to hang up
the snow shovel for good.
For some time now, a snow plow attachment
has existed that has a gate that can be
lowered temporarily when the snow plowing
vehicle approaches a driveway. This
attachment blocks the flow of snow from the
curb end of the plow until the plow has passed
beyond the driveway. The result is that there
is very little plowing residue left in the driveway
entrance and the home owner only needs to
remove the precipitated snow, if not done
beforehand, not the heavy, packed snow that
the plow leaves. This snow plow attachment
also works at public crosswalks where many
people have difficulty climbing over mounds of
snow in order to cross the streets. In addition
it would remove the danger of children sliding
into the path of a vehicle when they might be
on a crosswalk mound while waiting for a
vehicle to pass.
Why hasn't the City of Minneapolis been using
this procedure? I would guess that to do so
would be unnatural in the Minneapolis City Hall
where improvements in basic services may be
deferred in order to bring about grandiose
schemes that should have a lesser priority, if
implemented at all. But I will give the denizens
of City Hall some help. The name and address
of the manufacturer of the attachment that I
have described is as follows:
Root Spring Scraper Co.
527 West North Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
616-382-2025
Let us all think carefully about how we are
going to vote on November sixth.
Neal E. Simons
Prospect Park
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