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Ever give thought to the cost of snow removal? Here's what one town in western NY state (my home town (http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?formtype=address&country=US&popflag=0&latitude=&longitude=&name=&phone=&level=&addtohistory=&cat=&address=&city=boston&state=ny&zipcode=)) receives:

" ...In other business from their meeting, the Town Board:


• Agreed to a snow and ice removal contract with Erie County.

The county will pay the town $2,658 per lane mile for snow removal on certain county roads for the 2007-08 fiscal year, $2,791 per lane mile for 2008-09 and $2,931 per lane mile for 2009-10. (scroll to end (http://www.thesunnews.net/news.php3?idkey=7169)). ..."


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They are paid, regardless of the amount of snow - if it's like this (http://img401.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rte11oswegoconync9.jpg)- or bare ground.

Just wasn't something I ever gave thought to and found interesting enough to share.

not sure what ours is really but here is a link if some one really wants to find it they can.....

http://www.city.pg.bc.ca/index.cfm
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It never snows here but I wouldn't be surprised if Harris County was paying somebody for it anyways.

My apartment management company sucks at clearing the sidewalks. They've been a virtual slip 'n' slide for three weeks and no one has even come out to put any sand or salt on them. I've already fallen a number of times and complained twice about it. Maybe we could get es' home crew down here to do it right.

where I live they are pretty quick to salt the main roads and plow them. Then after the snow is finished falling they come by again and salt and plow. They even have someone do the sidewalks with a small bobcat....usually AFTER the homeowners have already shoeveled:rolleyes:

We get ice-little snow.
The salt is dug locally and spread on the roads, most is shipped to NE USA.

How much it costs is taken from a departments annual budget.