How to correct snow plow damage to your lawn

If you live in the colder parts of the US, waiting for the snow plow to visit your street is just apart of life. Although we are way under our normal snow totals for northern Illinois, there have been a few days where the snow plows did clear the streets.

Most snow plow drivers do a great job and keep damage to personal property to a minimum, but there are still times when it just happens. As you can see in the picture, the plow jumped the curb and took out a strip of sod along the edge of the parkway of my neighbor’s lawn.

When this type of damage occurs, you have a few options when it comes to repairing the damage. You can call your village hall and fill out a complaint form and they will usually send someone out to fix it. Depending on the amount of work that your village can get done with limited manpower and a reduced budget, this work may not get completed until well into summer. In the meantime, this area will fill in with weeds, making it more difficult to repair.