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Residents criticize snow removal; manager promises online plow tracker
Summary
Residents at the Dec. 22 Lincoln Heights council meeting said recent snow events left streets impassable and isolated elderly neighbors. Village Manager Gaines Brown acknowledged staffing and equipment problems and promised an online snow-plow tracker and an e-form for complaints.
At the Dec. 22 Village of Lincoln Heights council meeting, two residents described being unable to leave their streets during a recent snow event and urged the village to improve winter operations.
Anita Stinson, who said she has lived in Lincoln Heights for about 15 years, told council that snow removal “left us trapped” and that she has resorted to bringing salt to her street for seven years to help elderly neighbors get out. She also asked the village to require property owners to trim vegetation at a dangerous curve near a school bus stop and…
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