there at the end of my court !!! when I got home to night I almost got sick !!!! the HACKED the spruce trees in the front on the road side all off now there going to dig in front of them makes me sick I don't know if we can save them or not 25 years of babying and trimming so I have an arch over the end of the bridge across the ditch oh bridge is gone too I'm so upset
Gloria

Were those trees on the approved annexation area? Maybe you can take pictures of the trees now and show the city counsel what a mess they made.. perhaps they can compensate you (but how can you be compensated for years of toil?). Was this on public land or on your private property? And if it's on your private property, did they have a lien to do this destruction?

Did they give any kind of warning? They could have made it easier for themselves. You would probably have moved the bridge and saved some plants.

It's amazing the amount of damage public works can do for your benefit.

PPal - but it's not really to her benefit.. she didn't ask to be hooked up to public water.

the trees are on my prop but they had there limbs in the way so they hack them off plants that could be moved are but the trees and the shrubs couldent they SHOULD be back far enough I talked to the guys last night that are doing the digging there going to be as careful as they can another comp. did the trees . we will see what happens today or tomarrow

Usually, there is an official easement covering X number of feet from the roadway. This is for public utilities and/or future expansion of the road. You will find the power company poles are set on the easement line. Any private use of that easement area is subject to the will of the local government.

I should have said "benefit". Our fences have been ruined by the road crews "improving" the ditches for example. Most annoying as there is nothing we can do about it.

our EASEMENT is 30 ft. from the center of the rd . trees are 36 ft from the center SO basicly the tree is fine it was those dumb limbs I'm over the shock so now on to plane B find something to plant in front of the huge hole in my tree after I see what other damage there going to do I may get a whole new front yard redo after I get back from upstate N.Y. !!!!
I live at the end of a court so we get the fire hydrant too so house ins. should go down I'm looking for all the good things I can !!!there getting closer to the house as we speak

Good luck!

okay here is the kick in the butt news !!! thought I was mad before I found out last night that the road crew WERE not going to be any where near my trees or yard !!!!! so now I have a cut up tree for no reason I found out who cut it and I know them a local co. so I see them every day at the store I work at ITS GOING TO GET UGLY
I know they cant fix it but they could have said they were sorry I told the boys to tell there boss he better get ahold of me I'll be back from N.Y. on the 12 they said okay ggeeerrrrrrr
Gloria

How infuriating!