CORNWALL, Ontario – Snow removal is still a hot topic for Stephanie White.
For the second winter she’s lived at her Westmoreland Avenue home, heavy equipment used for clearing the fluffy white stuff has left its mark on the front of her interlocking brick driveway.
In addition, White says snow is plowed up to 10-feet from the curb on the east side of Westmoreland Ave., for a short length between Osborne Avenue and Second Street.
“It’s not only causing me to fix my lawn each spring, but it will cost me a fair amount of coin to repair the driveway,” she said.
White says she’s been fighting the recurring problem for years, having owned the Riverdale property for the last decade. The cost to repair the driveway damage is estimated between $1,500-$2,000.
White contacted the municipal works department and was told the first 15-feet of her property belonged to the city.
“While I have no issues with snow being plowed onto the yard, a little common sense would indicate that cutting across the driveway would result in damage – and is something that a citizen should not have to experience,” she said.
White emailed city council for answers. Coun. Maurice Dupelle replied that he is currently looking into the matter.
“The city should train the drivers how to plow roads and install winter indicators, spikes or posts in the ground, to indicate where the road really is,” said White.
The Riverdale homeowner ran for city council in the 2015 municipal election, and wihdrew her name after securing an employment opportunity that would require extensive travel. White is also a club champion of Summerheights Golf Links in Cornwall.
