[vetvetdoug]

My City has annexed me and now are going to "improve" my property (about a half mile) along my frontage with a sewer line. They put in a water line and were supposed to do it with minimal damage and replace and fix my land back to the way it was.. what they did was make a damn mess, destroy my fences, and never repaired the ground that they destroyed with the use of the large equipment. They cut my phone lines, my cable lines, and existing water lines. Only after I raised so much hell did they fix the phones, cables, and water and I still had to deal with the phone company's uncaring employees and finally got my service back. I then had to spend time and money disking and harrowing and reseeding the ground they marked up. I also had to clean my paved driveway from their going across it with tracked vehicles. When they knocked down my fences they never told me they were not going to put them back up and my livestock were fence less for half a day when I discovered the uncaring attitude of the contractors. Now they want to come across my property again with a larger line? I can understand this landowner's probably more so than many others.

Cities/municipal government and workers don't give a tinkers' damn about your property, landscaping, fences and roads and be damned if you have spent many hours improving your property. I dread the return of the incompetent and uncaring government employees tracking again across my farm.

[Moonman62]

Don't get mad. If taking your complaint directly to the government doesn't work, take them to court. I also wonder if homeowners insurance would cover your damages.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Depending on what state your in, the city and or it's contractors require a bond before they work on a citizen's private property.

Try to find out if there is a bonding company involved, if so, file a claim on your home owners policy and provide the name of the bonding company. If you have a good relationship with your agent, he may handle it for you.

Situations like yours are exactly the reason that bonds are required.

[UpAllNight]

Did you ever send them a formal bill detailing the damages?