The Illinois Policy Institute recently released a report assessing snowfighting effectiveness in Chicago; it is entitled “Ready for the Snow? Gauging Illinois’s performance on a critical core service.” People expect clear roads during wintertime – and they want the roads cleared in a timely fashion. If government fails to meet expectations, it does not go unnoticed. In the winter of 2008-2009, Chicago cut overtime services, leaving side roads iced over for days.
Chicagoans were not happy.
Chicagoans were not happy.
The Illlinois Policy Institute report makes a strong defense of snowfighting investments and quotes approvingly from agencies around the state with high levels of winter road maintenance service. Read on….