Warning: The handicap button on a school crosswalk does nothing in the snow

Last winter I watched a parent in a wheelchair wait through three full light cycles at the corner of 5th and Main because the push button was buried under a snowdrift the plows had packed down. When I finally helped dig it out, she said they installed that button 10 years ago and it's never once been cleared by maintenance. The city painted a bright blue curb ramp to show they cared, but the actual button sits about four inches off the ground with no cover. Has anyone else dealt with a design that only works when the weather is perfect?

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max6816d ago

But hold on, that button probably does work. It's not the button that's the problem, it's the snow covering it. The city can't really design around a snowdrift, you know?