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On the home front......
Our neighborhood is a small one. Just two short streets connected at one end like a horseshoe. Our house was the last one built 20 years ago. It is a nice place to go for a walk, but either you turn around and go back or walk through the grass in the common area and often that is wet grass because of the sprinkler system. The neighborhood association pays to maintain the sprinkler system, and mow the yard. We have dreamed of putting in a sidewalk along the front to connect the front of the neighborhood for years. The government of course demands we do curb cuts and put in handicap ramps. That raised the price so high we just could not afford it.
Along comes the city. They are widening the street that the neighborhood is next to. It will become 4 lanes. Federal law says any improvement like that means sidewalks have to go in. So the city just shows up and starts digging up the grass and putting in a sidewalk. Sprinkler system be dammed. Pipes flew and were strewn everywhere.
Of course the utility easement has water, sewer, electric, cable, phone, natural gas and likely anything else. The new sidewalk had to intersect the sprinkler system main line. We will have to pay for the sprinkler repair but that is likely less than the sidewalk would have cost us.
The strange part is the city did not contact us at all. Just start digging. Of course when you are from the government and here to help us permission is never asked. Coordination with the citizens is never needed.
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Glen
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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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