From the info in the article, it could be grand new plans or it could be some fixing. Either probably important but detail and strategy would be key.

Oh, and more on the history of the wooden dollies here: fabulousnorth.com/blog/wooden-...

The statue is the work of Keith Barrett, an artist working in Shields for decades, responsible for, amongst other public art, the incidental and playful installations in “the triangle”, Shields’ only homezone.

keithbarrett.co.uk/north-shield...

There’s a bit more on abolitionism in Shields (Frederick Douglass spoke here in 1854 and 1860) from @nathanmj.bsky.social northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

The wooden dolly trapped in the library used to stand on this now empty plinth, looking down Howard St to the river and, now, Mary Ann Macham’s statue.

It has become apocryphal, it seems, but still offers an important way to rethink snow clearance (and highways maintenance more generally), underlining that these apparently mundane and technical policies are gendered (and classed).

Good to see the edible salt too though!

You could try these ones! bsky.app/profile/theb...

I swear by good, lined wool mittens, and really bad days with silk liners inside. A friend recommended this approach - your fingers keep each other warm - and it definitely works.

Indeed, these policies are classed as much as gendered, and likely also serve suburban populations over urban ones too.

Yes, I know Criado Perez writes about this - good that it's out there.

Perhaps true, but women from lower income families and often in cities are less likely to be driving, so there are still inequalities to respond to, and, as others have suggested, this is classed as well as gendered.

More of Mary Ann Macham’s story here: ilovenorthshields.com/mary-ann-mac...