"Some residents are still struggling to get by as snow clearing efforts continue three weeks after Toronto's record-breaking snowfall. The lack of snow clearing on sidewalks forced Regal Heights neighbourhood resident Megan Rodd to walk on the road when taking her two young children to daycare. It's pretty dangerous because there's traffic coming from both ways, she said. I was super frustrated."
"In a statement to CBC Toronto, a spokesperson for the city said snow removal is an "intense, multi-step process" that includes many crews and heavy machinery. Crews continue to remove snow on bikeways, narrow residential streets and sidewalks, Jas Baweja said. If a snow event is forecasted, snow removal may be paused as the same crews are deployed to salting and plowing."
"But Rodd says the area she struggled to get through with a stroller is the back of a high school. That area is kind of like no man's land, she said. It was just a very narrow area and it was still that slushy snow, you could not push a stroller through it. Rodd says she reported it to 311 and was told the area had already been flagged by others and cleared by the city."
Three weeks after Toronto received more than 50 centimetres of snow, many residents still encounter uncleared sidewalks and narrow streets. A Regal Heights parent had to walk on the road with two young children because sidewalks were impassable and slushy. City crews continue clearing bikeways, narrow residential streets and sidewalks while prioritizing hospitals, bridges, school zones and streetcar routes; that high-priority work is reported as 95 percent complete. Snow removal is described as an intense, multi-step operation that can pause during new snow events as crews shift to salting and plowing. Some neighbours have taken it upon themselves to clear paths and residents report issues to 311.
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