Shoveling plan gets clearance

CHAMPAIGN – For property owners in two major areas of Champaign, the decision whether to shovel the sidewalk after a snowfall soon won't be elective anymore.

Following more than two hours of debate Tuesday night, the city council backed a compromise specifying when and where sidewalk snow shoveling should be required this coming winter.

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