This week, we're getting an early start on winter by talking about snow and ice control. We speak with Mark Beare and Val Dacyk from the City of Edmonton about service standards for clearing roadways and active pathways, how much people love the snow plow map, how big the snow clearing operation is, what it would take to clear sidewalks, where your tax dollars go, and much more.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Guests

• Mark Beare on LinkedIn
• Valerie Dacyk on LinkedIn

Snow and ice control

• News Release: City launches updated Snow and Ice Control Program
• Roadways Snow Clearing Map
• Active Pathways Snow Clearing Map
• Community Sandboxes
• Winter Travel
• 2022: Apparent jump in snow-clearing kilometres not all that it seems
• 2023: City seeks input on sandbox program for ice control

From the Taproot newsroom

• Housing Complex
• Introducing Housing Complex, a special project from Taproot Edmonton
• Home truths: In Edmonton's housing system, some win, some lose, and many feel conflicted

Rapid fire

• Edmonton won't add optional criminal record checks for council candidates
• Edmonton boo-levard becomes Candy Corn Lane for Halloween

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