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what's up with the plowing?

· · 🌡️ 17°F

I'm so confused about the snow removal situation in Buffalo. Allen Street got plowed about once a day Friday to Monday. Most of the sidewalks did not get shoveled, or just to the top layer got taken off. Irving didn't get plowed at all. Is this typical? It seems awfully dangerous to me!

Until Friday I had been telling folks at home that the weather in Buffalo is pretty similar to Tioga County - it snows, it's cold, Buffalo is windier. Oh my! Windy!!! I took Nisha outside sometime Sunday evening and she almost blew away!
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💬 3 comments

  1. james ·

    I live on a two block side street and we have ben graced with a plow only once on Monday afternoon. Sidewalks, however, are the responsibility of the owners of the building next to the sidewalk.

    Hope you are enjoying the murderous weather.

  2. janelle ·

    They have plowed our street, but only one side of the street, the opposite side than me. So I had to dig an entrance ramp, so to speak, to the side that was plowed so I can get out of the drive through the street to the plowed side of the street.

    The lazy bums on Lexington who have to park their cars on the street also did not feel like digging out their cars in time to move them. Last night was switch night. So this morning I had to carefully back out of my driveway (with some pushing help from a neighbor) and gingerly slide my way down a street with cars lined on either sides of a street that is intended to be two way.

    On my way home, the cars had all finally moved so hopefully the other side will get hit with the plow. That would be nice.

  3. metalpeter ·

    What happens most of the time is that the first streets to be plowed are the main streets like (Elmwood, Richmond and streets like that). Then there are also what might not be quite as busy like bus routes or streets that are used by lots of cars. The side streets are last and how they decide when and where I think is just kinda random I'm guessing. Today I got to shovel out the driveway again oh so much fun trying to figure out where to toss the heavy snow.

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