Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w

Posted by buickanddeere on January 14, 2005 at 17:10:51 from (64.10.41.14):

In Reply to: Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w posted by brtx on January 14, 2005 at 16:05:19:

Amen.
I went by the book and contacted the local water authority about bridging a stream which is dry 4 months of the year.
The plan was two parallel 15ftx6'dia reinforced concrete sewer tile runs using two tile each to get 30ft length. With a spillway in case ice blocked both tile runs.
They refused saying the tile had to interlock to prevent leaks. I showed them the tile did fit watertight end to end as the same type are used to flow sewage in the city. Then she said it was the wrong type of interlocking tile.
Then she said it wouldn't flow enough. I showed her the other six bridges within sight of my place. One belongs to the province and is only a 6'x6' square and it never floods or blocks up with ice. Another existing old culvert is a 5ft round across the road at one of the neighbours. Water rarely flows it 3/4 full during spring floods.
Then she said we would have to spend about $10,000 to get it all engineered but no guarantee of approval.
She said they no longer want to approve bridges or anything that may alter natural waterflow. She asked why not just drive though the creek.
It's a clay/silt bottom and anything heavier than a 4 wheel ATV would sink when wet. Plus I told her I didn't want to stir up silt and affect the spawning beds down stream 2+ miles away.
She asked how are the fields accessed now? The back one can be reached through a narrow Hydro right of way but no serious machinery could squeeze through.Both the middle and back field is accessible off the neighbour's who used to rent the property. He has his own bridge too.
She suggested that I just drive over his land and crops to access my two fields. After a short pause I asked her what her neighbours would say if she drove across their yard to get into her garage. There was a long pause and a frosty reply that she would get right back to me then hung up.
Now the local water authority cruises past every week or two in the dry season to check on any "illegal" bridge or watercourse "crossings" being built.
Wished I had never called them at all and also resisted the desire to make my last comment.
This year on a long weekend when the authority is on holidays. I'll have to whip in quick with a backhoe and trench a couple of feet deep and 12ft wide across the creek and up each bank. Then run a row of those 2'x2'x4' concrete blocks on the downstream side.The local concrete business casts them with off spec concrete.Backfilling the trench to the original level with drainage softball sized stones should finish the crime off...

Follow Ups:

• Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w BobinKY 10:25:47 01/18/05 (0)
• Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w brtx 13:24:30 01/15/05 (3)
  • Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w Kirk Grau 14:00:11 01/15/05 (2)
    • Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w brtx 17:47:57 01/15/05 (1)
      • Re: OT - Making a gravel drive through mud bowl, w Lou 13:02:47 01/17/05 (0)

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