At Civic Works Committee on Tuesday (Jan 8th), I introduced a motion to start the process of looking at options for better snow clearing for London residents.  This is an issue I heard about during the campaign, and promised to try to tackle.

My motion was seconded by Councillor Elizabeth Peloza, who supported my campaign pledge on this issue and it read as follows:

That staff be directed to investigate and report back, before the next multi-year budget process begins, on the operational and budget impact of:

• lowering the clearing of residential streets from 10cm to 8cm and 7cm options.
• the capital costs for new equipment and options for faster response times during heavy or consecutive snowfall events.
• to lower the threshold of sidewalk clearing from 8cm to 5cm.
• to ensure that school walking routes are cleared as a priority.
• to conduct a review of current snow plowing routes and available technologies to implement smarter, more flexible and responsive snow clearing.

There has been lots of interest from Londoners across the city, and from the local media on this effort. I invite you to check out the media stories at:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-snow-removal-1.4971779

London councillor aims to improve city’s snow clearing standards

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/city-hall-briefs-15