OK folks, I love Penticton, awesome people, great city. We have a problem, however, which should be addressed ASAP.
I was out travelling to a few stores to do some shopping when I realized not all the sidewalks and street crossings are cleared of snow very well. Matter of fact, some are completely blocked off by snow banks from passing motorists and others haven’t even been touched. There seems to be quite a few untouched.
I experienced a fellow stuck in his wheelchair trying to cross the road and he is not alone. It’s winter. We have lots of disabled and elderly who live here for our favorable weather and amenities. Let’s get out there and make sure their paths are cleared. It would be horrible to hear of a disabled person or elderly individual getting injured or killed because people are too lazy to help them out by not shovelling sidewalks or plowing road crossings. The road crossings seem to be the worst.
Heaven forbid someone in a wheelchair gets stuck and freezes their extremities or worse yet, dies. This also effects mothers with strollers as they aren’t very manoeuvrable in snow. It would be a horrible to hear of injury to a child if a stroller tipped. Often we hear of situations where people have been injured or died when something could have been done to prevent it, and it was brought up before. Let that not be the case here.
Chuck Stewart
Penticton