BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
27Why ? Where have the crews been for the 72 hours ? Business has to carry on , peoples lives have to carry on . Again the City has failed !!!!
12- Bald guy
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
22We have a lot of snow. We always have a considerable amount of snow. And now we have another "snow clearing is hard" declaration from our lame duck mayor.If we have enough equipment and we're not going over budget, why does it take so long and why is done so shoddily? Perhaps, we need to budget for more than enough equipment or a bank to pay snow removal services on the road for more hours when they are needed.
9- Danny Galea
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
20Our snow totals are lower than most other areas around Georgian Bay & Lake Huron. Areas south west of Barrie & areas near Wingham near Lake Huron have much more. Orillia's winter clearing efforts are not very good at all.
10- retired optimist
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
22So the declaration of significant weather is basically the town's "Get Out of Jail Free Card" when it comes to snow removal. Why does this town's council refuse to do anything to address the continual subpar snow removal we have to put up with every year? Sick of these "snow removal is hard" posts every year. This is part of the council's responsibility, as our elected officials, and instead of excuses we need solutions.
4- ElizabethMK
BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
23Orillia needs to increase their snow budget. These aren't fluke occurrences anymore. This is the new norm. Seeing people walk on the roads and being close to being hit is scary.
2- Delta 6 Mike
BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
21I have been in Orillia for over 30 years and I have not yet experienced a winter where this City has been efficient at clearing snow from its streets. It is obvious that saving costs are more important as little salt is used, snow ruts are left after initial plowing and there is obviously not enough employees to do a proper job. Proof of this is where Provincial roads join Orillia roads, you see bare pavement managed by the Province, but snow and rut covered by the City. Why are we paying such high taxes for such a second class service?
3- Kweech
BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
19Not a wise move Orillia...overuse of such an authority takes away from its impact when it is really needed. Poor leadership.
4- DLBH
BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
11This is the result of decades of people voting in 'pet-projects' and 'legacy initiatives'. It's fun and sexy to say we have a new library and rec centre, but it comes at the cost of being able to allow people to leave their homes and get to work.
12- JDR55
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
5Nice to live in a townhouse and retired. Some people have babies that need to be fed, washed, dressed and delivered to baby sitter and do all that while clearing snow and really don't have time to chew the fat with the other retired neighbour who doesn't have to go anywhere. So no not all have time to do the neighbour helping neighbour thing.
16- whoknows
Orillia woman disappointed after city rejects four-way stop request
13So, people are ignoring the stop sign and the thought is two MORE stop signs will fix the issue? What if two ignore the signs and crash? And 4 collisions over 3 years is not a dangerous concern. Putting up 4 way stops because a child lives nearby means another 475 stop signs in Orillia. C'mon.
8- Brad Mathews
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
14Do you have a clue on how hard it is to operate a snow plough in good condition, now put cars in the street and wonder why your street isn't cleared. I have a few people who even after they road is clear bow or push the City"s snow out onto the streetIt is winter in Ontario drive to the conditions or stay home
6- BRIAN Hare
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
20When they start cutting back snowbanks they should do all intersections first, instead of entire streets that they normally do.
- Dennis Woodman
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
17Stop waiting for the snow to stop before sending plows out!! It's ridiculous. Staff really do seem to be running the city.
2- OrilliaResident
Ford vows to remove Crown Royal from LCBO to protest plant closure
9Dougie is quite the showman... just like his idol to the south of our border. I wonder if he is going to stop 'working' at home and get back into his office five days a week and start doing good work?
10- David Hawke
Orillia woman disappointed after city rejects four-way stop request
12If it is for the safety of the community, why would anyone disparage? After all, there's four way stops all the way up Peter Street and most of Matchedash North for safety reasons. Why should this Elgin/Matchedash intersection be ignored?
7- LJDT
Teacher says Ford's education bill is creating 'culture of fear'
10That this article quotes union representatives and uses stats directly from the union itself says all I need to know about this article.
9- JDR55
BREAKING: City declares another significant weather event
18Just because they are not efficient, doesn’t mean there isn’t enough employees. It could be poor management.
- Dennis Woodman
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
13Mary Street residents petitioned to have the one sidewalk removed that was over 60 years old and in a disgraceful condition. This would have allowed residents more space to pile the snow, extend driveways on a very constantly populated area to help with parking, safe so much $$ on replacing the sidewalk, sanding it, plotting it, etc, but council and mayor ignored our petition. If sidewalks are creating the backlog, maybe it’s time to reconsider your bad decision making. Often streets only have one side with a sidewalk. I understand there is no bylaw to remove sidewalks….so MAKE ONE. Isn’t that what your job is???
5- Susan St. Onge
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
14Speaking as a resident in this city - Senior - Living in a townhouse - Small driveways - Small Sides of houses in the townhouse rows and the same amounts of snow falls that everybody else in this city. Well for us as residents we are doing our best - neighbours helping out neighbours ... doing exactly what we can - the city is doing the same. Environmental effects are the hardest to pre-plan for. Whether you are a resident or you are a city operational department. Anybody have a crystal ball? The back up plan is in play and we all - all of us just need to be patient. Something that in the past 20 years or so seems to get lost very quickly. What a shame. Karen F. - Orillia Resident
4- Karen Frank
Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
15Excuse me. We're not idiots. The stretch of sidewalks thst have been cleared is not continual. So you end up zig zagging street to sidewalk. The ice under the snow on tbe sidewalks is treacherous. I accept your apology. Im sure you didn't mean to come off so rudely
3- we'll see
