</font><font color="blue" class="small">( </font><font color="blueclass=small">( The land had one entrance and I wanted a seperate entrance and exit. I contacted Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) and they told me the requirements and issued a permit.
Coming from California, I was amazed at how easy it was. )</font>
I had a similar experience when working on my folks property in georgia some 20 years ago. We called up the county roads department and they were more than glad to tell us what they recommended. They said, in the best good old boy way possible ... We don't really care what you do, and you don't need a permit, but if you do it wrong and you flood the road, we will come a looking for you. So we did it their way and 20 years later it still works great.
Of course, if it were california, there would be EPA study, dust abatement requirements, permits to move more the dirt, permits to buy the pipe, permits to transport the pipe, permits to lay the pipe, permits to burry the pipe, fees for all the permits and fees for the 20 inspections along the way, and it would probably flood the street /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif )</font>
Nuh uh, it ain't that bad. You guys are seriously pessimistic! One GOOD thing about gov involvement is when your dufus neighbor up the hill decides to divert all his water your way with the accompanying mud and debris after NOT doing it correctly, you get to force the issue. Sometimes, and I do reiterate SOMETIMES, a strict planning department is priceless.