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City lawmakers frustrated over the timing of DPW snow removal plan

Buffalo Common Councilmembers were hoping to have a snow removal plan for this season in place. The acting DPW commissioner said it will be ready on Nov 1.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Members of the Buffalo Common Council are not happy about last year's snow removal in the city and they want a new plan to review.

It likely won't happen until November 1, according to the acting director of the city's department of public works.

Francisco Guzman said, "Lessons learned from the past. we're looking at all aspects of the snow plan to have the best practices included and we're looking to have that released by November 1."

University District Councilman Rasheed Wyatt took Guzman to task for not having more answers about what is in the plan.

"We were told that there was a snow plan in process and we still couldn't have that earlier, we're going to wait until Nov. 1 when you know that some of our worst disasters happen in October," Wyatt said.

North district Joe Golombek said, "If it's not part of the plan then I believe you're going to have a very irate council here."

City officials took a lot of heat for how city streets were plowed earlier this year. 

Council President Darius Pridgen said, "I do believe the city charter should be changed. We should be getting a snow plan for the next year by the end of the winter," he said indicating that November 1 is too late."

A resident in the university district told the council how bad it was to pick up someone from a side street last winter.

"It's always horrendous. Our streets are not plowed in the manner in which I think we deserve."

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