The town administrator does not think consensus can be reached on such a by-law for the May 6, meeting.
Town Administrator Tom Younger says he doesn't think there is enough time before the May 6, Town Meeting to assemble a sidewalk snow-clearing by-law. At least not one that would be supported by consenus, he said at Wednesday's selectmen's meeting. Instead he recommends that a committee be formed including residents and Department of Public Works representatives to take up sidewalk snow removal. He recommends setting up the committee after Town Meeting. The town admininstrator said he has received quite a few emails related to sidewalk clearing. A survey of Patch comments after the blizzard earlier this month include a few schools of thought. Some residents, including parents, say homeowners should be responsible for clearing snow from …
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Snowbound sidewalks force walkers into the road, many of them children on their way to and from school.
Hadley parents hope for help getting their kids safely to school when ice and snow stand in the way. And no doubt parents with children at other elementary schools share a similar hope. Melissa Defilippi, mom to a Hadley kindergartener, hopes help arrives in the form of a Town Meeting by-law requiring residents to clear sidewalks in front of their homes. Cleared sidewalks would give children a place to walk other than the side of the road. She is hopeful selectmen will propose the Town Meeting by-law. The head of the Department of Public Works, Gino Cresta, said sidewalk shoveling proposals have come before several Town Meetings in his 15 years as a meeting member. Each time it has been defeated, he said. Opponents say the by-law would …
pam varone
11:06 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
With the past several snow storms I think it is a bit difficult for the elderly and disabled to shovel the side walks. If u r a parent like myself get in your car and drive your child/children to school. No need to add more committee to this town no one in this town makes reasonable and logical decisions. our taxes r high and everyone just processes ideas and it takes years. ... more ›