Why dont you want it salted? Its to keep people from slipping and falling!

And why dont you want the sidewalk plowed?

I'm the poster, and here's a clarification: I wasn't asking about Kingsland Terrace -- I just used that sign as an example of how the City apparently has been able to adjust its plowing procedures, in order to ask "Might it be possible to have a stretch of a flat street's sidewalk, say on one side of South Union, plowed, but not salted?"

Who knows? The city has a bunch of lunatics running it...

Who would assume liability issues in the event of a Slip and Fall issue?

I’d like to know how many lawsuits has the city ever suffered from slips and falls at the terribly slippery places where the sidewalks meet the streets? A couple weeks ago, when walking to and from UVM from South Union, I slipped three times at different intersections where unavoidable piles of slush, created in great part by all the salt from the sidewalk and streets. Luckily, my 70+ body was still limber enough to avoid falling.
Salt to prevent or melt ICE is fine, but snow? On flat sidewalks, in light snows where simple plowing would suffice, salt is not only unnecessary, but caustic and harmful. To concrete, soils, footwear, dog’s paws, home rugs and floors, Lake Champlain, etc, etc.
For heaven’s sake, this is Vermont, and most elders I know have the sense to not go out walking after a snow regardless of whether or not the sidewalks were plowed and salted. They know that encountering imperfect and less than 100% clean pedestrian pathways is impossible, and the vast majority of residents are intelligent and have the common sense to know they take personal responsibility when venturing out in inclement weather.
Should I be the first to sue the City for not cleaning up the piles of slippery slush at intersections? Or maybe deliberately crying wolf when I have to walk downtown to an appointment and my sidewalk hasn’t been plowed in a timely manner? NO! Of course not. I’d rather encourage the City to continue to improve its lower salt attempts.
If the City has to protect itself from frivolous lawsuits from people who deliberately slip and fall so they can collect monetary reward, I contend that the City should re-examine its risk management policy with regard to snow because it’s not possible to make it perfectly safe for all people all the time. I’m not one of those crazy selfish Libertarians, but in this case I think that there has to be more personal responsibility taken, balanced with a flexible and customized application of plowing and salting procedures, depending on various factors such as snow depth, grade of sidewalk, forecasted temperatures, etc. And even if this is necessary from street to street and intersection by intersection.
For example, on hilly sidewalks maybe plowing and salting is always recommended. And on flat stretches of sidewalk after a light snow when below temps are forecast, only plow without salt. And so on.
Thanks for reading.

In the older days they used sand for the sidewalks and roads which worked a lot better until they came up with the idea that salt was a lot cheaper but cheaper is not always better.. Then you have all of the liberal groups saying sand is bad for the lake! Well what in the bottom of the lake covered with? Thats right, SAND! So why dont we go back to the older days when it worked a lot better and maybe use a little salt mixed in? Also salt doesnt work in temperatures below freezing but i guess nobody told dpw that....

Some of the sidewalks that are posted as do not plow have been designated as unsafe or to narrow for our sidewalk clearing equipment. Each area that is not plowed has been marked for specific reasons. We cannot not salt an area of sidewalk that is plowed as a plowed sidewalk appears to be clear and plowing will not clear ice or even all of the snow on a sidewalk without the treatment from the salt.

The Department of Public Works has resolved this request. Thanks for helping to keep Burlington a great place to live and work.

What happened to the sidewalk plows you used to have that would plow the narrow sidewalks? Or why cant dpw snowblow those sidewalks?