{"id":104993,"date":"2026-02-04T15:49:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104993\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:49:14","slug":"watch-live-philadelphia-launches-paid-work-program-to-help-clear-neighborhoods-of-snow-and-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104993\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch live: Philadelphia launches paid work program to help clear neighborhoods of snow and ice"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Philadelphia continues to dig out 10 days after a storm that dropped the most snow in a decade<\/a>, the city is now planning to ramp up its snow removal efforts even more.<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning, Mayor Cherelle Parker will announce more details of a same-day work and pay initiative to help clear out the city’s streets and sidewalks.<\/p>\n

CBS News Philadelphia will carry Mayor Parker’s remarks in the player above and wherever we’re streaming. Watch at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

In a news release, Parker’s team said the workers hired for the initiative will focus on ADA ramps and areas near recreation centers, schools and commercial corridors.<\/p>\n

Parker will hold a news conference at a rec center in the Rhawnhurst section of the city and plug the program that her team says “prioritizes accessibility, safety and rapid response citywide.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Parker announced 300 “ambassadors” would be brought in<\/a>\u00a0to help clear out residential areas in particular.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the city asked drivers to move their cars off a stretch of South Broad Street<\/a> as loader vehicles got to work picking up mounds of snow and dumping it into heavy trucks.<\/p>\n

For some residents, the help digging out is sorely needed.<\/p>\n

“They neglect us,” Yolanda Smith, a North Philly resident said. “Mayor Parker said she’s getting it all up, can she please help us in North Philly, Germantown and Erie Avenue? Can she please do us?”<\/p>\n

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