[nfbmi-talk] what ann arbor is doing about sidewalks

[joe harcz Comcast]

Goes to the responsabilities to clear sidewalks for people with disabilities including, of course we who are blind. Seems that Ann Arbor unlike Lansing Township under the Administration of Kathy Rodgers is doing the correct thing.

Joe

Ann Arbor issuing tickets for snowy sidewalks | Associated Press Snow-covered sidewalks in Ann Arbor are proving bothersome and hazardous for people trying

to use them -- and costly for property owners who allow the snow to pile up. The Ann Arbor News reports Sunday that officers have handed out 438 notices

since Dec. 1 to home and business owners for not shoveling snow from sidewalks. Forty-four people who failed to clear the walks have been ticketed. Fines

can reach $500. City community standards supervisor Jessie Rogers says some "don't shovel, and you would just think that people would just know other people

need to use the sidewalk in front of their properties. The physically disabled are among those who have a difficult time navigating snowy walkways. Lingering

frigid temperatures also have prevented a record January snowfall from melting.