Luke Quinton says sidewalks are often icy when he walks his young child to school and then there’s just a large tower of snow that you either have to climb or edge out into traffic to get around, as the CBC’s Darrell Roberts got to see first-hand. The City of St. John’s, meanwhile, says it’s stepping up its efforts on an issue that has long been criticized.
For years, pedestrians have complained about how the City of St. John’s clears or doesn’t clear sidewalks. But the city says it's doing the best it can with the resources it has.