Paused: sidewalk snow clearing

[Anonymous]

Did Montgomery COUNTY go out there checking on each walking route to schools (sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, COUNTY bus stops, walking paths WITHIN apartment complexes where MCPS students live) today to see if the freezing rain has been cleared?

Are bus routes cleared? Can buses make wide turns where there are snow banks? Did the buses get cleared? Can the buses make their way out of the bus depots?

Did school playgrounds get cleared of freezing rain? Temps will be above freezing all week, students should be having outside recess not cooped up in tiny classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did Montgomery COUNTY go out there checking on each walking route to schools (sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, COUNTY bus stops, walking paths WITHIN apartment complexes where MCPS students live) today to see if the freezing rain has been cleared?

Are bus routes cleared? Can buses make wide turns where there are snow banks? Did the buses get cleared? Can the buses make their way out of the bus depots?

Did school playgrounds get cleared of freezing rain? Temps will be above freezing all week, students should be having outside recess not cooped up in tiny classrooms.

Outdoor recess is a very small factor i. All of this. Its low on the list of priorities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did Montgomery COUNTY go out there checking on each walking route to schools (sidewalks, intersections, crosswalks, COUNTY bus stops, walking paths WITHIN apartment complexes where MCPS students live) today to see if the freezing rain has been cleared?

Are bus routes cleared? Can buses make wide turns where there are snow banks? Did the buses get cleared? Can the buses make their way out of the bus depots?

Did school playgrounds get cleared of freezing rain? Temps will be above freezing all week, students should be having outside recess not cooped up in tiny classrooms.

Outdoor recess is a very small factor i. All of this. Its low on the list of priorities

why would the county get out to check school routes? Maybe the school system should go look. If people don't shovel, then they need to start fining people.

[Anonymous]

How many days does it take for the COUNTY to enforce ticketing of unshoveled sidewalks WITHIN apartment compound and COUNTY sidewalks? Can the COUNTY go out and SHOVEL those areas!!!?

[Anonymous]

MCDOT is continuing post-storm cleanup operations to open intersections, remove lane closures, clear sidewalks that have been reburied during supplemental plowing operations, and to widen cleared areas on residential streets. These activities will continue for several more days unless interrupted by additional snowfall.

MCDOT is also working on clearing priority areas identified by MCPS. (Look, kids, you got mom and dad talking to each other and coordinating!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCDOT is continuing post-storm cleanup operations to open intersections, remove lane closures, clear sidewalks that have been reburied during supplemental plowing operations, and to widen cleared areas on residential streets. These activities will continue for several more days unless interrupted by additional snowfall.

MCDOT is also working on clearing priority areas identified by MCPS. (Look, kids, you got mom and dad talking to each other and coordinating!)

Are they working all night to do so? Will people be up from the noise of the trucks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCDOT is continuing post-storm cleanup operations to open intersections, remove lane closures, clear sidewalks that have been reburied during supplemental plowing operations, and to widen cleared areas on residential streets. These activities will continue for several more days unless interrupted by additional snowfall.

MCDOT is also working on clearing priority areas identified by MCPS. (Look, kids, you got mom and dad talking to each other and coordinating!)

Are they working all night to do so? Will people be up from the noise of the trucks?

Lol at caring about that.

[Anonymous]

Interesting that MCPS is more fragile than DCPS in this regard. DCPS has been open since last week. It’s a 20 min walk without snow and my kid walks in all weather as long as school is open. Yes the sidewalk situations is spotty, but so is the plowing and our neighborhood is still all single lane. Cars are driving slow. Sidewalks would be nice but not necessary for most kids in this situation. I’m way more concerned about our older neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting that MCPS is more fragile than DCPS in this regard. DCPS has been open since last week. It’s a 20 min walk without snow and my kid walks in all weather as long as school is open. Yes the sidewalk situations is spotty, but so is the plowing and our neighborhood is still all single lane. Cars are driving slow. Sidewalks would be nice but not necessary for most kids in this situation. I’m way more concerned about our older neighbors.

DCPS doesn't deal with the bus issue. It's a completely different situation. Fairfax and PG are the better comparissons and both are struggling in the same way.

[Anonymous]

I wish Taylor had included the phone number for reporting folks who haven’t shoveled their sidewalks.

It’s been a week. Anyone who hasn’t figured out how to clear a path for people to walk safely is a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish Taylor had included the phone number for reporting folks who haven’t shoveled their sidewalks.

It’s been a week. Anyone who hasn’t figured out how to clear a path for people to walk safely is a jerk.

Anyone who lives in the county and hasn't learned to search for government services that they pay for is a "jerk."

[Anonymous]

The best thing about this storm is my wife gave me the green light to buy a flame thrower(ish)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCDOT is continuing post-storm cleanup operations to open intersections, remove lane closures, clear sidewalks that have been reburied during supplemental plowing operations, and to widen cleared areas on residential streets. These activities will continue for several more days unless interrupted by additional snowfall.

MCDOT is also working on clearing priority areas identified by MCPS. (Look, kids, you got mom and dad talking to each other and coordinating!)

So actually they were not coordinating after all. Poor tax payers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCDOT is continuing post-storm cleanup operations to open intersections, remove lane closures, clear sidewalks that have been reburied during supplemental plowing operations, and to widen cleared areas on residential streets. These activities will continue for several more days unless interrupted by additional snowfall.

MCDOT is also working on clearing priority areas identified by MCPS. (Look, kids, you got mom and dad talking to each other and coordinating!)

Is MCPS the dad? And MCDOT the mom who has all the power as most moms do? Or vice versa?