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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Ald. Gilbert Villegas

Don’t put city’s pilot program to clear sidewalk snow on ice

A person shovels snow on the sidewalk in the Edgewater neighborhood on Feb. 16, 2021. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Here in Chicago, it may not feel like Christmas in July — but believe it or not, it’s time to start planning so we’re prepared for that first snowfall.

Nearly 600,000 Chicagoans are negatively impacted during yearly snowfalls due to unplowed sidewalks. As a result of inaccessible sidewalks, many of our more vulnerable residents are forced to stay in their homes and watch as the world around them passes by. They are unable to walk down their own block safely, to go to school or the corner store.

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