\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWeeks\u2019 worth of snow and ice started to melt in Pittsburgh neighborhoods Tuesday. \u201cWe’ve noticed it a lot while commuting to work in the morning. Just like so many icicles and I tell everyone, \u2018make sure you look up,\u2019\u201d Lawrenceville resident Haley Silverman told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 reporter Jordan Cioppa. It\u2019s 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,\u201d said Chela Sanchez of Lawrenceville.Neighbors on 45th Street said a huge chunk of ice crashed into a car parked below. \u201cMy sister lives right over there and I was shoveling her car out and it was like coming off,\u201d 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,\u201d Mason said. \u201cAnd all I kept thinking was, \u2018Thank God for EAS Roofing,\u2019 because we would not have probably shut this down had he not mentioned, \u2018you might want to, you know, take care of that.\u2019\u201dAs the remnants from last month\u2019s 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,\u201d said Warwick who represents District 5. Warwick introduced a bill to city council on Tuesday called \u201cRight-of-Way Accessibility Needs Inventory.\u201dUnder 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. \u201cIn 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,\u201d said Warwick. \u201cSo, we need to start with the data.\u201dAccording 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.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Weeks\u2019 worth of snow and ice started to melt in Pittsburgh neighborhoods Tuesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve noticed it a lot while commuting to work in the morning. Just like so many icicles and I tell everyone, \u2018make sure you look up,\u2019\u201d Lawrenceville resident Haley Silverman told Pittsburgh\u2019s Action News 4 reporter Jordan Cioppa. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s important advice, especially as the warmer temperatures this week caused massive icicles hanging overhead to loosen, and at times, fall in Lawrenceville. <\/p>\n
“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,\u201d said Chela Sanchez of Lawrenceville.<\/p>\n
Neighbors on 45th Street said a huge chunk of ice crashed into a car parked below. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy sister lives right over there and I was shoveling her car out and it was like coming off,\u201d said Alex Bates as he referred to the broken piece of ice. <\/p>\n
In Millvale, the Free Fridge and Pantry behind the library was temporarily closed on Tuesday for the first time since it opened. <\/p>\n
Library executive director, Melissa Mason, said a roofing company suggested blocking off the deck where the pantry is located until the ice thawed. <\/p>\n
Good thing they did because a roughly five-foot-long icicle fell from the side of the library. <\/p>\n
“My office is right inside there, and I heard I heard the crash,\u201d Mason said. \u201cAnd all I kept thinking was, \u2018Thank God for EAS Roofing,\u2019 because we would not have probably shut this down had he not mentioned, \u2018you might want to, you know, take care of that.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
As the remnants from last month\u2019s significant snowfall begin to melt, Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick is exploring ways to improve the response for when the next big storm hits. <\/p>\n
“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,\u201d said Warwick who represents District 5. <\/p>\n
Warwick introduced a bill to city council on Tuesday called \u201cRight-of-Way Accessibility Needs Inventory.\u201d<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn 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,\u201d said Warwick. \u201cSo, we need to start with the data.\u201d<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Weeks\u2019 worth of snow and ice started to melt in Pittsburgh neighborhoods Tuesday. \u201cWe’ve noticed it a lot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[529,12178,3841,4228,2443,8588,52998,15878,73,75,74,52996,52997,28288,108,30817,5865],"class_list":["post-110763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-bill","tag-city-planning","tag-datum","tag-folk","tag-ice","tag-lawrenceville","tag-melissa-mason","tag-pantry","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-right-of-way-accessibility","tag-rights-of-way","tag-snow-removal","tag-tuesday","tag-warwick","tag-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}