The creek and my driveway are thinking of merging. That's going to cost me a lot of money because the driveway runs along the face of a steep ridge and I think I might have to start a whole new driveway or build a bridge. 
Pictures two, three and nine show the situation pretty well. The creek makes a 90 degree turn here, but is pretty much pointed right at the driveway before the turn.
Pictures one, five, six and seven show the work I have done to this point. I am cutting the sandbar down on the theory the water will at least have room to spread out there and not be so swift. (During tropical events this little creek is completely full and would kill anything that fell in it.) When the level gets low and the soil gets dry this summer I hope to redirect the stream across this newly flattened area.
My worry now is that the sandbar has settled and there is a lot of silt in the lower part, read getting stuck.
I was going to upload here but not sure how many attachments are allowed. I put this in a sub-gallery of my driveway repair gallery.
drivcrk Photo Gallery by Don Nelson at pbase.com = Creek work
Driveway shots before and after Photo Gallery by Don Nelson at pbase.com = Driveway work.
Most images there have captions.
Equipment is a Kubota B3300SU and king cutter box blade.
Thanks for any comments/suggestions.
Don
Pictures two, three and nine show the situation pretty well. The creek makes a 90 degree turn here, but is pretty much pointed right at the driveway before the turn.
Pictures one, five, six and seven show the work I have done to this point. I am cutting the sandbar down on the theory the water will at least have room to spread out there and not be so swift. (During tropical events this little creek is completely full and would kill anything that fell in it.) When the level gets low and the soil gets dry this summer I hope to redirect the stream across this newly flattened area.
My worry now is that the sandbar has settled and there is a lot of silt in the lower part, read getting stuck.
I was going to upload here but not sure how many attachments are allowed. I put this in a sub-gallery of my driveway repair gallery.
drivcrk Photo Gallery by Don Nelson at pbase.com = Creek work
Driveway shots before and after Photo Gallery by Don Nelson at pbase.com = Driveway work.
Most images there have captions.
Equipment is a Kubota B3300SU and king cutter box blade.
Thanks for any comments/suggestions.
Don