Spring Hill residents shovel out their own road, missed by plows

Residents on part of Highridge Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood spent much of Monday shoveling their street, since they said a plow has not touched it.“There’s so much. I fell on my face, like, a million times trying to walk,” said Caroline, the daughter of one of the shovelers. They told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Felicity Taylor they took matters into their own hands after the only plow they’ve seen skipped their block.“It’s very taxing, especially with the snow so high,” said Sidney Farmer. “I mean, I think we got 12 inches over here. It’s really heavy snow. We’ve used all the tools we’ve had in our shed, our wheelbarrow, and even that’s taxing.”Residents said their neighborhood often feels forgotten during major snowstorms — they are steps away from Ross Township. “We understand they’re busy and this and that,” Ray Sansone said. “But it was well overdue that you can at least make a quick pass through here and give an opening.”Sansone said he thinks city leaders should cut funding elsewhere and put more into snow removal. “I have a strong suggestion that maybe council ought to forfeit some of their raised money this year and buy a truck for your own districts,” he said.

PITTSBURGH —

Residents on part of Highridge Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood spent much of Monday shoveling their street, since they said a plow has not touched it.

“There’s so much. I fell on my face, like, a million times trying to walk,” said Caroline, the daughter of one of the shovelers.

They told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Felicity Taylor they took matters into their own hands after the only plow they’ve seen skipped their block.

“It’s very taxing, especially with the snow so high,” said Sidney Farmer. “I mean, I think we got 12 inches over here. It’s really heavy snow. We’ve used all the tools we’ve had in our shed, our wheelbarrow, and even that’s taxing.”

Residents said their neighborhood often feels forgotten during major snowstorms — they are steps away from Ross Township.

“We understand they’re busy and this and that,” Ray Sansone said. “But it was well overdue that you can at least make a quick pass through here and give an opening.”

Sansone said he thinks city leaders should cut funding elsewhere and put more into snow removal.

“I have a strong suggestion that maybe council ought to forfeit some of their raised money this year and buy a truck for your own districts,” he said.