This utility company is beyond stupid.
They re-dug the hole they filled in last week. The one I spent two hours cleaning up and regrading.
Today they tore up a 15 feet wide, and 30 foot long strip of ground PLUS the 5x5x5 foot deep hole. Their equipment completely tore off all the grass down to the dirt. It's all gone. They left ruts and rocks and left it a hell of a mess. Literally tossed two handfulls of seed on it and left.
OMG I am livid.
FIRST of all, why they couldn't put it 12 feet north, where there is nothing but weeds along the road for 1.5 miles is BEYOND me.
No, they had to put it straddling BOTH livestock access drives. MASSIVE loads of machinery and cattle come and go through here on a steep hill. We rely on solid clear ground to get in and out of there safely.
Now there is deep loose soil, high erosion potential (very top of the hill), and loose stone that is ankle snaps in the high grass waiting to happen or like driving on 3 inch marbles, not to mention the lump of a box on the side of two drives.
Is it too much to ask for people to have brains?!
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I spent 3 hours fixing it so we have a chance of using it without hurting us or damaging equipment. AND I put down 5 pounds of seed. We're in drought with no hope for rain, so I'll drag a hose and sprinkler up there to try to stabilize the soil. Yes, it's the right of way, but WE are required to maintain it even if the county/utility trash it .
I am pissed at the whole thing, but nothing I can do about it.