puckgrinder85
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Unless there is some other reason not to, I would. We do it around our mailbox so the plow isnt bearing down into the bank trying to push it back and ends up snapping off our mailbox.
You own to your property corners, ie on many roads ~20 ft from edge of road. The center line thing is for private roads. The state/county/city owns the ROW, and you have the right of access, or at least in Florida. You are allowed to build a driveway for instance, but it must meet there codes/specs because it is on there property. I run into people all the time who complain about grass in "there ditch." And have to explain we only stabalize "our" swale, and dont grass the for residents viewing/mowing pleasure. Im not saying I agree with making someone put in a $4500 driveway for a car port by any means just explaining some of the Why.
It seems awfully odd to worry about how much snow ends up in the ditch if it doesn't obscure visibility. That's where it will all end up anyway. I wonder if large snow berms caused the ditch to backup during the melt, and partially wash out some roads.
On our road, we used use 30-50 gallon barrels half full of rock with the post of the mailbox stuck inside. So when, not if, the snow plow knocked them down, you could "easily" put them back up. Looked like a toxic waste dump all along the hi-way though.:laughing:Unless there is some other reason not to, I would. We do it around our mailbox so the plow isnt bearing down into the bank trying to push it back and ends up snapping off our mailbox.