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The snow covered sidewalk in front of Jersey City's health department on Summit Avenue on Jan. 26, 2016. Terrence T. McDonald | The Jersey Journal

JERSEY CITY -- Paging Jersey City's snow-removal crew: you're needed on Summit Avenue.

This afternoon, the sidewalk in front of the trailers that are home to Jersey City's health department was still covered in snow (plus, for some reason, a mattress and sofa). Even the fire hydrant in front of the health department HQ was still unreachable.

The snow forced pedestrians to walk on Summit Avenue instead of the sidewalk, including health workers grabbing coffee at the bodega next door.

However, by 5:30 p.m. the sidewalk had been cleared and the furniture was gone.

A request for comment from city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill was not immediately returned.

The city said yesterday that inspectors would issue $250 tickets to commercial businesses that have not shoveled their sidewalks. Where are the inspectors from? The health department. Whoops!

Citywide, portions of sidewalks remain covered in snow, three days after a blizzard dropped about two feet of snow on Jersey City. Snow-covered corners have made walking particularly dangerous for pedestrians.

The city leases the Summit Avenue property.

Terrence T. McDonald may be reached at tmcdonald@jjournal.com. Follow him on Twitter @terrencemcd. Find The Jersey Journal on Facebook.