We concentrated on a stretch of road we call "the hill" this year. We were concerned that stretch of road may wash out. There was more work to that stretch than a single year's total contributions so thanks to all those who doubled-up this year. We made it.
Our contractor, Darrel Naugler, did a bang up job again and brought the job in right on our budget. We attach his invoice to us below. The work was:
Excavator, 18 hours : $1620.
Moving machinery : $160
Culvert : $356.49
Class A gravel, 42.27 tons : 829.20
Shale, 24 loads : $3600.
Tax : $984.85
Total: $7550.54
The lot owners worked hard on the woods-work and clearing along the edge of the road. Starting at the hill where that work was needed before the construction work and continuing a good long stretch down the hill and in the road. We have cleared several other stretches along the road particularly where the trees hang down under snow load and in places where the sun was not reaching the road to dry it up.
More recently we have cut small drainage channels from some of the deeper puddles. We think this may help dry up the road a bit between rainstorms but that is only a stop-gap until the machine work can be done on those parts.
Here is a view of the new roadwork.
Here is a photo of one end of the culvert.
And another photo with a longer view of the new section.
Take a walking tour of the road with Bob.
New Elm Estates Road 2014 walking tour
NEw Elm Estatates Road, 2014 maintenance and inbound driving tour
