No end in sight | South Philly Review

By Amanda L. Snyder Feb. 11, 2010

While the City has vowed to plow smaller streets after the main roads have been cleared, some residents were not willing to wait.

\”We need groceries,\” Carla Carpenter, of the 2600 block of Juniper Street, said Monday. \”I’m handicapped. I can’t carry my bags up the street.\”

A City plow made its way up Juniper at about midnight Saturday after the first 2 inches of snow fell, but, as of Monday, had not reappeared, she said.

\”It’s a waste of our money — our taxpayers’ money,\” Carpenter said.

But Philadelphia hasn’t seen a winter of this magnitude since 1995-96 when a total of 65.5 inches of the white stuff covered the sidewalks and streets. This past weekend’s accumulation was 28.5 inches, according to the City. About 23.2 inches accumulated during the Dec. 19 and 20 snowstorm that cost the city about $3.5 million, according to Mayor Michael Nutter’s spokeswoman Maura Kennedy. Costs for the recent storm were not all available at press time.

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