5 days Ago
GREENWOOD, Ind. — Neighbors living on Peterman Road are no strangers to their mailboxes coming down. "It does happen multiple times," said Lynn Grimm.
She has lived on that road for 10 years, this is her second mailbox. "We've also just put up a very makeshift one since the last time it got hit," said Grimm. Neighbors say whenever they get enough snow that plows come through, the mailboxes go down.
"I think we know, but when it snows, it's gonna get hit. That one's been bent a couple times, so we've just bent it back up," said Grimm. She said some people put in heavy mailboxes, but it doesn't always work.
"The cost of that is quite a bit," Grimm said. "(And) it's hard to put on a busy road, because you're right there on the road to try to work on something." It's been a few days, so most of the mailboxes have been fixed and put back up, but neighbors say it can be costly.
"Every time, it's $100 or more, at least. Yeah, you know, because you got to put the pole in and cement it and try to get to stay up," Grimm said. The Johnson County Highway Department says it has received 26 reports of damaged mailboxes.
They sent 13News a statement, saying, "Only mailbox damage that is the result of direct physical contact with the county’s snow plowing trucks or equipment is considered for reimbursement; damage caused by plowed snow is not." The highway department also said payment is by reimbursement, meaning you as a homeowner need to foot the bill before you potentially get any money back. For now, neighbors say they will have to keep repairing their mailboxes until the next snowfall.
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