Activists say the failure to clear and de-ice sidewalks traps people who use mobility aids - including wheelchairs.
The Chicago City Council is meeting Wednesday morning and some aldermen and women have already winter on their minds.
The council is expected to vote to create a working group of city officials tasked with coming up with a pilot program that would make sidewalk snow and ice removal a municipal service. Shoveling snow is currently the responsibility of property owners, but activists say the failure of many homeowners and business owners to clear and de-ice sidewalks traps people who use mobility aids, including wheelchairs, and others who are elderly or disabled.
The ordinance would require the working group to determine which sidewalks in Chicago would be cleared during the pilot program, who would perform the work, how much it would cost, and how the city would pay for it. The group's recommendations would be due back to the City Council by May 31, 2024, for approval of the actual pilot program, with the goal of launching it in January 2025.In:
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