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311 inundated with nearly 1,500 back lane service requests from Winnipeggers since March 12

North End residents feel particularly neglected by city

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The long and slow spring melt is underway, but Winnipeg residents want the city to step up and provide better snow-clearing service in back lanes.

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The long and slow spring melt is underway, but Winnipeg residents want the city to step up and provide better snow-clearing service in back lanes.

Since March 12, 311 has received 1,476 requests for service related to Winnipeg’s approximately 930 kilometres of back lanes, a city spokesperson wrote in an email to CBC News on Monday.

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A Winnipeg man chips away at ice in a Riverview back lane on Monday. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)
A Winnipeg man chips away at ice in a Riverview back lane on Monday. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)

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