Whenever property owners ignore their legal obligation to shovel their sidewalks, up to 600,000 Chicagoans can literally become prisoners in their own homes. They include senior citizens and people who just have trouble getting around. And they’re frequently forced to stay home because walking on a snow-and ice-covered sidewalk would put them in danger of falling. A handful of alderpersons…
Whenever property owners ignore their legal obligation to shovel their sidewalks, up to 600,000 Chicagoans can literally become prisoners in their own homes.
A handful of alderpersons and mobility advocates are determined to change that — requiring the city to do it, even if it means spending more money on snow removal, hiring more employees and purchasing more equipment. Villegas will be joined at a news conference by five North Side alderpersons: Andre Vasquez ; Timmy Knudsen ; Matt Martin ; Maria Hadden and Debra Silverstein . Also attending will be Laura Saltzman, transportation policy analyst for Access Living; Amy Rynell, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance and Michael Podgers and Kyle Lucas of Better Streets Chicago.
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