As last weekend’s snowstorm dumped several inches of snow and sleet onto D.C. streets, Susan Oakley watched as her Northwest neighborhood became covered.
A plow didn’t pass through the area, near Sibley Memorial Hospital on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, Oakley said. She and several neighbors called the city’s 311 hotline, hoping to get a response. She similarly messaged the area’s Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, trying to draw attention “to the fact that we hadn’t seen a plow in three days.”
By Friday morning, some pavement was visible for the first time, though certain areas remain covered in snow or slush…