New road into subdivision arrrrrrgh

[Bart Libsock]

Well its going to get incredibly interesting now, road building  contractor cut ditches on brand new road that he is building way, way to steep in our new subdivision. He cut them to a 1:1 not not a 3:1 which is  max steepness according to Stillwater county Montana road building regs. He claimed that what he cut is a 3:1. Road and bridge dept. superintendent  claims that they cut them backwards to a 1:3, since it is a private road the county cannot force him to recut, and in most places we are already at the minimum driving surface of 24' so recutting them less steep would make the road to narrow. There is no way to plant grass or even mow the ditches, not to mention the gravel on top will forever be crumbling into the bottom. Cannot afford any more delays on this project, engineer and surveyer have already milked this project into a two year ordeal, we are so close to getting final plat I can taste it.