Shovel Your Sidewalk or Face Fines
You are being given some additional time from East Providence to clear your sidewalk of snow, but the clock will start soon.
Have you cleared your sidewalk of snow yet? East Providence has an ordinance that mandates you have 24 hours from daylight after a storm to clear snow off your sidewalk. Or pay a fine. “Is the ordinance in effect?” said City Engineer Eric Skadberg. “Yes, it is.” But everyone is being given some leeway because of the amount of snow that fell during the Blizzard of 2013 – more than 17 inches. “That’s a lot of snow,” said Skadberg, who is charged with enforcing the ordinance. “We haven’t even gotten the snow off the sidewalks at City Hall yet,” he said on Monday. Skadberg said he would not be going out to start enforcing the ordinance until at least today or Wednesday. His primary focus will be sidewalks used by children to get to schools…
Dave
12:24 am on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
First of all I think people and businesses should clear their sidewalks. But if the city is unable to plow the streets in a halfway decent manner they have no right to fine people for not doing their sidewalks. I think we all understand the budget constraints. I don't have a big problem with how long it took to be plowed I do have a problem with the quality of the work. Since when does the … more ›