Wednesday's letters: New sidewalks built to encourage flooding, icing

Re. “City Hall flooded with complaints about flooding,” April 16
When I read this article it was as if it was talking to me also, as in my neighbourhood we have problems similar to the Westmount people.
The new sidewalks are considerably lower than the old ones and below ground level because, for the new ones, the ground was not built up, and some of the old soil was also taken away. 
We also had water gathering and freezing on the sidewalk, almost faster than we