First off, if it's a private residential road, why are there 18 wheelers coming through? Put up a sign saying no commercial vehicles over 20,000 pounds.I live off of a gravel road and there is an easement that cuts into the end of the properties of myself and several other neighbors. It is a private road.
The issue at hand is that people fly through at 40+ mph. USPS, Fedex, and even 18 wheelers even come through and it takes it's toll on the road. There is no HOA either just a road maintenance agreement that no one honors. The end result is a road with huge potholes
From what I can find online, and assuming it’s a 2 lane gravel road.... the cost to build a new road would probably start at $30,000 for a quarter mile and only go up from there. Sounds like he’d have an easier time getting blood from a stone than getting his neighbors to agree to chipping in to pay for the road.First off, if it's a private residential road, why are there 18 wheelers coming through? Put up a sign saying no commercial vehicles over 20,000 pounds.
Second, what is your theory that drivers going 40+ mph cause potholes? I thought it was freeze thaw cycles of water cause them.
Third, why have you and the neighbors not paved the road by now?
He already has a road. He just needs to pave it.From what I can find online, and assuming it’s a 2 lane gravel road.... the cost to build a new road would probably start at $30,000 for a quarter mile and only go up from there. Sounds like he’d have an easier time getting blood from a stone than getting his neighbors to agree to chipping in to pay for the road.
They have a torn up gravel road, it needs a proper base put down before putting asphalt down if he wants it to last. Just slapping asphalt on top of that is a recipe to have it be all torn up again in very short order.He already
He already has a road. He just needs to pave it.
Put multiple culverts across the road that aren't buried all the way.You need more than 1 speed bump. You need 5 or so spaced 5-6 ft apart. 1 won't do any good but hitting a row of them sure will.
1) I have no idea. I can't be out there to see why and neighbors here generally don't speak to each other. This effect is especially amplified during the pandemic. The only conversations I have are when I catch someone running into my lawn. How is the no commercial vehicles over 20k enforceable especially if I can't always see them? It's likely as unenforceable as anything else.First off, if it's a private residential road, why are there 18 wheelers coming through? Put up a sign saying no commercial vehicles over 20,000 pounds.
Second, what is your theory that drivers going 40+ mph cause potholes? I thought it was freeze thaw cycles of water cause them.
Third, why have you and the neighbors not paved the road by now?
I'm curious to know why all the traffic to begin with? Is the road a shortcut? Are they making deliveries to residents on the road? If the dirt road is "private", then you should absolutely have signs that say so. When they ignore those signs and simply use it as a shortcut...get the local law enforcement involved. All it would take is a trespassing charge and the world will get out quickly among truck drivers.
I concur with this. It is also quite difficult to get anyone from an asphalt company to even show up. There must be an abundance of work for them. When I had another property I tried to get someone to show up and could not. They would just give an incredibly high estimate so that you would say no. In desperation at that time, I said yes to their estimates and was ghosted. This happens alot here.From what I can find online, and assuming it’s a 2 lane gravel road.... the cost to build a new road would probably start at $30,000 for a quarter mile and only go up from there. Sounds like he’d have an easier time getting blood from a stone than getting his neighbors to agree to chipping in to pay for the road.
Oh I agree. It's just what the another poster mentioned....vengeful folks doing burnouts between the speed bumps.You need more than 1 speed bump. You need 5 or so spaced 5-6 ft apart. 1 won't do any good but hitting a row of them sure will.
I was reading about digging trenches and burying steel pipes in the trenches as another possibility.I’m not sure I’ve seen a speed bump on gravel road before.
And that requires 18 wheelers going 40 mph? How long is this road? And just what are these neighbors doing? Maybe a call to zoning or code enforcement is in order.Actually, the folks at the end of the road have a large property and with that comes lots of maintenance, deliveries, etc. The road has only one inlet to the main road and dead ends at that property. One neighbor seems to be a tutor and adopts lots of kids along with bringing in unknown families who have allegedly fallen on hard time.