There is a hill to the left so it’s actually really hard to walk through. Don’t wanna go in the parking lot cause of my dog. It’s a great trail connecting 2 parks but the section by the mall is not respected by the snow plows.
Would be such a shame to have to keep their snow on a row of unused parking spots! (This is the back side of our mall so no cars almost ever)
The snow has to go somewhere
Putting it onto a walkable trail it’s not the best option. Leave it on some parking spots, there are plenty of those as OP said.
So you’d be OK if they buried your driveway in the entire streets snow then.
What do you mean “if”. That’s what happens when plows go down the street.
I’m general I agree, but apparently this is a private company (the mall) using a private contractor (the plow) to push waste onto public property (the trail). This assumes the trail is official and not on mall property, because then the mall can do whatever they want.
I bet the plow company has no clue there’s a trail there and the mall doesn’t actually walk back there and look. This is ultimately wrong but probably occurs simply due to ignorance. This is a people problem first and foremost, with car usage being the vector.
As much as this is an ignorance problem, the problem still wouldn’t exist is the mall didn’t maintain a parking lot all winter that barely sees use as it far larger than it needs to be. The parking lot being larger than it needs to be is a direct result of car centric planning and bogus parking minimums.
Which is fine, cause it’s private property. If the path is official, the local government needs to be informed and the issue rectified.
It’s not up to OP or the mall to change the layout and systemic land use of society. But if the plow company is blocking a public path, that needs to be immediately addressed, as local actors can actually remediate it
Exactly. I very much doubt the driver targeted that path.
Yes it has to go somewhere but you can still choose where. Most places are able to figure something out without impacting others. In this case, most malls have huge parking lots: surely they have a back corner that rarely gets used, or grassy areas where damaging only affects them.
It can go into some of the parking spots.