Weeks’ worth of snow and ice started to melt in Pittsburgh neighborhoods Tuesday. “We’ve noticed it a lot while commuting to work in the morning. Just like so many icicles and I tell everyone, ‘make sure you look up,’” Lawrenceville resident Haley Silverman told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Jordan Cioppa. It’s important advice, especially as the warmer temperatures this week caused massive icicles hanging overhead to loosen, and at times, fall in Lawrenceville. “I’m a little nervous actually. The melt is actually a little bit more unnerving than the snow was because ice is definitely more problematic than snow,” said Chela Sanchez of Lawrenceville.Neighbors on 45th Street said a huge chunk of ice crashed into a car parked below. “My sister lives right over there and I was shoveling her car out and it was like coming off,” said Alex Bates as he referred to the broken piece of ice. In Millvale, the Free Fridge and Pantry behind the library was temporarily closed on Tuesday for the first time since it opened. Library executive director, Melissa Mason, said a roofing company suggested blocking off the deck where the pantry is located until the ice thawed. Good thing they did because a roughly five-foot-long icicle fell from the side of the library. “My office is right inside there, and I heard I heard the crash,” Mason said. “And all I kept thinking was, ‘Thank God for EAS Roofing,’ because we would not have probably shut this down had he not mentioned, ‘you might want to, you know, take care of that.’”As the remnants from last month’s significant snowfall begin to melt, Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick is exploring ways to improve the response for when the next big storm hits. “I mean the reality is, is that we are hearing from folks with disabilities that they have not been able to leave their homes ever since the snow,” said Warwick who represents District 5. Warwick introduced a bill to city council on Tuesday called “Right-of-Way Accessibility Needs Inventory.”Under the proposal, she said the Department of City Planning would spend the next few months collecting data on areas in critical need of snow removal. “In addition to needing to be able to clear our roadways, we also need to have a plan in place for being able to clear out other rights-of-ways to ensure accessibility for folks from pedestrians, for folks with disabilities, for transit riders,” said Warwick. “So, we need to start with the data.”According to Warwick, the bill will be up for discussion at a standing committee meeting next week. She said the plan is to hold the legislation for a few weeks to give the administration and city planning time to take a closer look at it.
PITTSBURGH —
Weeks’ worth of snow and ice started to melt in Pittsburgh neighborhoods Tuesday.
“We’ve noticed it a lot while commuting to work in the morning. Just like so many icicles and I tell everyone, ‘make sure you look up,’” Lawrenceville resident Haley Silverman told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Jordan Cioppa.
It’s important advice, especially as the warmer temperatures this week caused massive icicles hanging overhead to loosen, and at times, fall in Lawrenceville.
“I’m a little nervous actually. The melt is actually a little bit more unnerving than the snow was because ice is definitely more problematic than snow,” said Chela Sanchez of Lawrenceville.
Neighbors on 45th Street said a huge chunk of ice crashed into a car parked below.
“My sister lives right over there and I was shoveling her car out and it was like coming off,” said Alex Bates as he referred to the broken piece of ice.
In Millvale, the Free Fridge and Pantry behind the library was temporarily closed on Tuesday for the first time since it opened.
Library executive director, Melissa Mason, said a roofing company suggested blocking off the deck where the pantry is located until the ice thawed.
Good thing they did because a roughly five-foot-long icicle fell from the side of the library.
“My office is right inside there, and I heard I heard the crash,” Mason said. “And all I kept thinking was, ‘Thank God for EAS Roofing,’ because we would not have probably shut this down had he not mentioned, ‘you might want to, you know, take care of that.’”
As the remnants from last month’s significant snowfall begin to melt, Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick is exploring ways to improve the response for when the next big storm hits.
“I mean the reality is, is that we are hearing from folks with disabilities that they have not been able to leave their homes ever since the snow,” said Warwick who represents District 5.
Warwick introduced a bill to city council on Tuesday called “Right-of-Way Accessibility Needs Inventory.”
Under the proposal, she said the Department of City Planning would spend the next few months collecting data on areas in critical need of snow removal.
“In addition to needing to be able to clear our roadways, we also need to have a plan in place for being able to clear out other rights-of-ways to ensure accessibility for folks from pedestrians, for folks with disabilities, for transit riders,” said Warwick. “So, we need to start with the data.”
According to Warwick, the bill will be up for discussion at a standing committee meeting next week. She said the plan is to hold the legislation for a few weeks to give the administration and city planning time to take a closer look at it.