Please Deice Your Sidewalk

[derekp.livejournal.com]

We're a few days removed from the first winter storm of the year, and yet many stretches of sidewalk in and around Davis Square are still covered in ice. Simpson Ave seems particularly bad as you get towards the Broadway end of the street and Cutter was no Picnic last night either. I can only imagine the folks who live there are renters, as I would think owner residents would not want to risk the liability. One trip to Home Depot or Tags and a few seconds tossing a small amount of rock salt on the ground will fix this. Please everyone do their part to keep the sidewalks in our neighborhood safe all winter.

Is there recourse for pedestrians in Somerville when folks do not clear the sidewalk or does it simply become a legal issue if/when someone slips and falls? I'd like to see the city stepping up to clear bad areas, perhaps citing landlords and residents who repeatedly fail to keep the sidewalk safe.

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Only sort of related.

[lonelyholiday.livejournal.com]

This reminds me of a story: My dad me about these people in his neighborhood (in Pittsburgh) who decided that since they were responsible for the sidewalk abutting their house, they also had the right to do whatever they wanted with it. So they dug up the cement and laid down sod. I find this both obnoxious and hilarious.

This was over the summer, I believe, so I need to remember to ask him how that turned out.