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They dug down 8 or 10 feet and found a 4 inch PVC pipe draining clear water. Evidently someone put in a drain to the storm drains at least 25 years ago before the neighborhood was finished. Someone is going to have a french drain or floor drain that starts the backup as of today. It sure ain't mine, so whoever has the problem put in an illegal drain.
It was so typical of government construction workers. One full size dump truck with a large trailer and a backhoe showed up at 8:00 and was joined by a F350 pickup. 5 guys dig the hole, well they watched as one guy ran the backhoe. They found the pipe, and capped it. Then they all went back to the trucks that were idling the entire time, and sat and waited for the utility marking guys come out and make notes. Then they waited more for some inspector to arrive, and make more notes.
I was edging and mowing and after a couple of hours another full size dump truck showed up with a load of some roadbed like material that looked like almost set concrete. The used an neat attachment on the backhoe to tamp it down flat. They put cones around it and warning tape and started chatting and loading up. It was almost noon before they drove off. Another crew will come back and rebuild the curb, and another crew will come build the road surface later in the week.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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