ONE OF THE IMPACTED CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. IT WAS A PLAN THAT COULD HAVE LED THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH TEAMING UP WITH THE BOROUGH OF MUNHALL TO HELP COMMUNITIES. AS WE CREEP CLOSER TO WINTER. BUT IT DIDN’T PASS. LEAVING AREAS LIKE LINCOLN PLACE AND THE PEOPLE LIVING IN IT WONDERING WHY WINTER IS JUST ABOUT HERE. AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE ACROSS PITTSBURGH ARE GOING TO SEE SNOW, SLEET AND SNOW PLOWS. COUNCILPERSON BART WARWICK PROPOSED AN AGILITY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND THE BOROUGH OF MUNHALL TO HELP THE CITY GET AHEAD. THE AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW MUNHALL TO PLOW SNOW IN AREAS LIKE LINCOLN PLACE OR NEW HOMESTEAD IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. IN RETURN, THE CITY WOULD GIVE SOME STREET SWEEPING SERVICES AND SOME SALT EXCHANGE SERVICES. I THINK IT WOULD HELP OFF OF WEST ONE ROAD UP ON THEODORE AND GOLDENROD AND ALL DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE MCBRIDE, BUT COUNCIL VOTED IT DOWN 7 TO 2. I THINK THAT’S THAT’S KIND OF SMALL THINKING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT’S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL TO BRING SOME PLOWS HERE AND DO THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR BLACK ICE. IF IT SAVES ONE ACCIDENT HERE, IT PAYS FOR ITSELF DESPITE IT NOT PASSING, WARWICK BELIEVES AT LEAST A CONVERSATION HAS BEEN STARTED. EVEN THOUGH IT WASN’T SUCCESSFUL THIS TIME AROUND, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT YOU KNOW, COME NEXT YEAR WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN AND THAT WE REALLY START LOOKING AT HOW WE AS A CITY CAN CAN WORK TOGETHER. WELL. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE. JUST HEAD OVER TO WTAE.COM. RIGHT NOW COVERING
Proposed snowplow plan fails to pass as city of Pittsburgh prepares for first snowfall
Updated: 6:45 PM EDT Oct 22, 2025
As winter approaches, a plan that could have led Pittsburgh to team up with the borough of Munhall to help communities like Lincoln Place was rejected by the City Council, leaving residents wondering why.Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Barb Warwick had been working on an agility agreement with Munhall, which would have allowed Munhall to plow snow in areas like Lincoln Place or New Homestead during emergency situations in exchange for street sweeping and salt exchange services from the city.”My hope had been that this agility agreement might have helped provide a little bit of relief,” said Warwick.Residents of Lincoln Place believed the plan would have been a huge help. “I think it would help off of West Ryan Road up on Theodore and Goldenrod and all down there, you know, and maybe McBride,” Michael Lesko said.Jeff Friedlander, another resident, added, “You know, the black ice thing is a very hard thing to monitor and control. If you have a way of bringing trucks in here to spray that stuff down, that breaks up the black ice, that would be great.” City Council ultimately voted the proposal down on Oct. 14, 7-2. “I think that’s, that’s kind of small thinking, you know? I mean, it’s not that big of a deal to bring some plows here and do that, especially for black ice. You know it. You it’s not like plowing snow. It’s like zip, you do one, you know, one pass it and you’re done. And, it’s, I see it. I see it as being, it’ll — if it saves one accident here, it pays for itself,” Friedlander said.Warwick is hopeful despite the outcome, it will lead to future discussions, stating, “Even though it wasn’t successful this time around, I really do hope that, you know, come next year, we have this conversation again and that we really start looking at how we as a city can work together, right? With the city, with the county, the state, and our neighboring municipal parties to improve, to maximize on the resources that we have and improve services for everyone in the region.”
PITTSBURGH —
As winter approaches, a plan that could have led Pittsburgh to team up with the borough of Munhall to help communities like Lincoln Place was rejected by the City Council, leaving residents wondering why.
Pittsburgh City Councilwoman Barb Warwick had been working on an agility agreement with Munhall, which would have allowed Munhall to plow snow in areas like Lincoln Place or New Homestead during emergency situations in exchange for street sweeping and salt exchange services from the city.
“My hope had been that this agility agreement might have helped provide a little bit of relief,” said Warwick.
Residents of Lincoln Place believed the plan would have been a huge help.
“I think it would help off of West Ryan Road up on Theodore and Goldenrod and all down there, you know, and maybe McBride,” Michael Lesko said.
Jeff Friedlander, another resident, added, “You know, the black ice thing is a very hard thing to monitor and control. If you have a way of bringing trucks in here to spray that stuff down, that breaks up the black ice, that would be great.”
City Council ultimately voted the proposal down on Oct. 14, 7-2.
“I think that’s, that’s kind of small thinking, you know? I mean, it’s not that big of a deal to bring some plows here and do that, especially for black ice. You know it. You it’s not like plowing snow. It’s like zip, you do one, you know, one pass it and you’re done. And, it’s, I see it. I see it as being, it’ll — if it saves one accident here, it pays for itself,” Friedlander said.
Warwick is hopeful despite the outcome, it will lead to future discussions, stating, “Even though it wasn’t successful this time around, I really do hope that, you know, come next year, we have this conversation again and that we really start looking at how we as a city can work together, right? With the city, with the county, the state, and our neighboring municipal parties to improve, to maximize on the resources that we have and improve services for everyone in the region.”