I have a walk-in basement facing the river. For a couple of years I have pictured in my mind (just a dream, mind you) a path down to the river with large flat stones as steps and smaller stones filling in the spaces between steps. Just a dream, as it didn’t seem doable. Now my grand nephew has become interested in the project, so maybe it is doable after all. I have already removed the loam in an area about four feet wide by about fifty feet long, a lttle at a time. Had I known about the backhoe, I would certainly have waited, as this was quite a chore, with a hand shovel and a little cart on the back of my John Deere. I had decided to hire someone to put crushed stone in the pathway, but I think the stones from the river will be so much nicer if I can accomplish it. Have to be sure to keep my project 150 feet from the river though, or those town code enforcers will pay me a visit!!
Regardless, it will be several weeks before the river gets back within its banks and subsides enough to expose all those lovely hugh rocks.
The SUN is out after getting 4.5 inches of rain in 24 hours!!
>>>Have to be sure to keep my project 150 feet from the river though, or those town code enforcers will pay me a visit!!<<<
Hey, don’t think like a Demo CAN’T think like a Republi CAN -
Ask grandson who designs sewer projects to draw up a quick plan with all the appropriate B.S. - Name the project something like a ‘Phase I Erosion Control Rock Weir Enhancement’. Include some Google Maps even showing terrain elevation details.
Then approach the town council and say that you know that their funding for such projects is limited, and that this reduction in runoff into the river is so important that you have done initial preparations on what was under your control, and just need them to approve the improvements in the 150’ region to enhance the overall effectiveness of the erosion control project. Even throw some ‘estimates’ in that over the next 3 decades, this could reduce the erosion of 30 tons of silt, 2 tons of Nitrates, additional quantities of Phosphates and an undetermined amount of heavy metals from getting into the river or something like that. Tell them that any vegetation that has to be disturbed will be replaced 5 fold with N34 Hybrid Poplars and NZ762 Willows both of which are known for phytoremediation abilities specifically designed for raperian regions. (I’ll send you some free whips to start them - just stick them in the ground and they will grow)
What could they say? No - and you are no worse off than now, but they may say Yes and your project is a go - with their blessing.