My house is on a major road in a semi-rural area, no sidewalks. On either side of my driveway alongside the highway is just dirt, and there's a fair sized rut, maybe 6-8 inches deep at its deepest, maybe 16-20 inches wide (sloped sides, though). I'm not sure if this rut was intentionally started some years ago or is just the result of water flowing alongside the road (slight downslope) when it rains. Either way, it does act as a de-facto drainage channel.
Problem is the rut is between the road and my mailbox. My mail carrier left me a note today asking if I could fill in the rut with rocks, and I do sympathize with her but I don't want to do anything that screws up the drainage.
We just moved here and I'm very new to this type of issue. Who should I call for advice on this type of thing? Can I just go buy lots of medium sized rocks somewhere and dump them in? I also have some questions about possibly putting a culvert in at the base of my driveway because of the same water flow issues but that's a little further off -- but I figure the same type of contractor would be able to answer those questions.
I can post a picture if necessary but it's not really all that impressive
Problem is the rut is between the road and my mailbox. My mail carrier left me a note today asking if I could fill in the rut with rocks, and I do sympathize with her but I don't want to do anything that screws up the drainage.
We just moved here and I'm very new to this type of issue. Who should I call for advice on this type of thing? Can I just go buy lots of medium sized rocks somewhere and dump them in? I also have some questions about possibly putting a culvert in at the base of my driveway because of the same water flow issues but that's a little further off -- but I figure the same type of contractor would be able to answer those questions.
I can post a picture if necessary but it's not really all that impressive