I love in Connecticut and the dirt road that leads up to my house allways gets washed out when it rains. The I'm pretty sure the road is an easement. There are 4 houses on this one road an all the property of the road is owned by one person. I was told that because that person owns the easement they are responsible for the upkeep of the road. Another person told me that because there are 4 houses that the town is now responsible for it. I don't know what to do. The people who I live with are pretty mad about it because the last storm was so bad the road now has trenches, from where the water ran down it, that are almost a foot deep. Three cars have allready gotten stuck in it since the last time it rained.
2007-03-11 13:16:24 · 3 answers · asked by Amrou 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Get a Bancroft Bond. Present it to your local city or county road department. It's when all the neighbors have to help pitch in to pay for road improvements for the neighborhood's road. Usually the local government helps subsidize it and the payments would be over so many years, so if you move out and someone else moves in that person takes over the bond payments.They have it in Oregon. If you have only 4 neighbors it would still cost a lot though.
2007-03-11 13:29:14 · answer #1 · answered by Eisbär 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its an easement and not a public road, you and your 4 neighbors have easement rights of access to your properties. You also have the right to maintain the easement at your own expense.
2007-03-11 20:22:03 · answer #2 · answered by webned 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aahhh, too bad its not a paved road that lots of ppl use or i could help you, if that was the case you could just spray paint profane words and images on it, and it woulg get fixed pretty quick
2007-03-11 20:21:22 · answer #3 · answered by bigjacka55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋