Low tree branches in my development ..Update
I came home from a trip 2 weeks ago and broke my ac shroud on a low branch that I just could not avoid. That was a $200 hit. Now 2 weeks later and the trees have filled out and there are a number of ...
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nickthehunter wrote:enblethen wrote:maybe you should post a link to them; that would probably be tremendously. Helpful to the OP.
There are federal regulations for clearances.
enblethen wrote:
Here is listings used by City of Seattle
Clearances
Here is some basic information from
Federal Highways Administration
The OP lists his location as "Deep in the heart of Jersey".
I don't think the city of Seattle has anything to do with New Joisey but from what I can tell as screwed up as that place seems to be, they would probably try and annex New Jersey if they could get away with it. The other link is a "design guide".
The OP mentions his township, which would lead one to believe its a township owned and maintained road. If so the Federal Government, nor Seattle WA even, has nothing to do with it. The road could even be owned and maintained by the "development" he mentions as far as that goes, in which case his township would or could do nothing, as he mentioned.
You can find tens of thousands of roads in older parts of the US that have clearance issues for whatever reason that don't even get close to any federal standard. How about narrow one lane bridges on two lane roads with a stop sign facing each direction or a tunnel that a box truck can only get through by straddling the center line?
In our township in Ohio the 3 supervisors run for elected office for one reason and one reason only. That is so they can appoint themselves roadmaster which comes with a salary, a coveted and lucrative position depending on the township. It does not mean they're any good at road maintenence although the current ones do a decent job of clearing snow on the township controlled roads while plowing your driveway closed..
