PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
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Jul 8, 2026 3:57 PM
PineappleIsDeliciousOnPizzaFightMe
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CrisprCAS
Telling you to sod off
ElroydIsGone
"Ma! Come out! The powerful and mighty are doing the astroturfing again!!!"
GussDeBlod
I own my house and a little barn, between those there's a little pathway that's part of my land but is used by three houses behind as access to their yards, so I have the legal obligation to make it accessible for a car. Once a pipe was replaced there and the worker left a ~1m hole... they covered the pipe but didn't fill up the thing , saying it was "my job" , The three neighbours and I went to the townhall and stayed there until they promised to do something. Got filled up the subsequent day.
curialis
We had a waterpipe run through our property and they were supposed to come back and fix any settling where the pipe was run. Never heard from them again and no one seems to know anything about it
NoneOfYoBiseniss
AND around here you'd get fined if your yard looked like that!
ctriis87
Sue the city.
curialis
I am shocked that an effort was even made
Bystandr
^This. They lucked out. They left us a dirt and rock pile, and to smooth the ground and lay sod ourselves. Grass took forever to grow back
Bystandr
where the fill pile killed the lawn, too.
arajad
At least they left you dirt. When the city dug up our water line, they replaced several inches of topsoil with ¾"-1½" gravel with a couple of strips of sod laid on top.
mirrorz
Our city uses good ol' natural crushed limestone to fill every hole dug. Rip up your yard: dense packed crushed limestone gravel. Cut out a 20 ft section of asphalt covered concrete road: pack it with limestone. Nevermind that limestone is not native to the area but they love to use it.
hamulusrex
What to even do in a situation like that? Would you have to lawyer up?
DudeThatsRacist
It's technically city/utility property and they can do what they want. Usually they have easements at least 5' on both sides of the line.
flashums
I would try contacting your local alderman or commisioner. Ive done restoration for public works projects like this and every now and than my crew would get an emergency location that had sat stale for a while. I was always told it came from up top. Always after their weekly meeting which means someone talked to the cities project manager and they made it a priority for our company which than made it my problem. Make noise, hopefully the right person hears it. Before pictures help.