Dear Editor,
We are facing a harsh winter season with low temperatures, snow and all the difficulties that arise with such conditions.
In my 34 years of residency in this city I have never seen the City of Richmond drop the ball as far as shovelling the main streets and using salt to make streets safer to drive.
This year, surprisingly, we are all witnessing the city not providing this vital and necessary civic service.
Main arteries and avenues and roads have not been shovelled as per needed, resulting in many people getting stuck home or having to venture onto the main roads and battle two feet of snow when driving.
Why is this happening?
This city is growing by leaps every year with increased population and infrastructure.
It is surprising then to see the city neglecting the vital service of maintaining safe roads during snowfalls.
As I mentioned, in the past I used to see city trucks shovelling snow during the night and early hours of the day everywhere preparing roads for drivers and public transportation.
This year, they are nowhere to be seen resulting in roads and avenues completely covered in snow.
We have been all left to our own devices by the City of Richmond leaders this winter so far.
I hope this letter brings about a positive response so that the great snow response service that we all witnessed in the past gets restored promptly, considering we are in the beginning of the winter season.
Let’s see those snow plowing city trucks delivering the service our residents need promptly.
Guillermo Suarez
RICHMOND
