On Feb 10, 2:42 pm, mittens wrote:
The cost of snow removal in much of Canada is a tremendous burden to
city councils and taxpayers here every winter. Each community has
fleet of specialized large trucks for plowing and sanding/salting
roads. This winter has been quite snowy with over 170 cm accumulation
so far. Whether cities have money in the coffers or not the white
stuff has to be cleared (you cannot wait for it to melt).

Citizens complain loudly if streets and sidewalks (what you call
pavements [here walking on the pavement gets you killed]) are not
cleared of snow in a prompt manner (yes, there are little specialized
plows for sidewalks). The snowbanks (also called snowbankings) are so
high this year that the sidewalk machines have to use a blower
attachment to remove over a metre of snow from their path.

Instead of roping off the underpasses to stop homeless people sleeping
in them, why not hollow out the ice banks to let them sleep in those?
With all that antifreeze they drink, it seems the perfect compromise.

Then when the thaw starts, you can accelerate the process by burning
all the dead alcoholics in their chambers. The banks will melt and the
survivors can get warm at night if you don't light the dead until
after dark.

Should save on lighting and cremation costs too. What do you think?