Failed or washed-out access
A driveway that washboards, ruts, or washes through every spring is a drainage problem wearing a surface problem's clothes. Rebuilt right — shaped, crowned, based, with water given somewhere better to go — the same lane stops being an annual expense.
What it looks like
- Spring melt cutting channels down the driving surface
- Gravel that migrates to the ditch every season
- Soft spots that swallow base rock year after year
The work that fixes it
Worth knowing in this county
- Culvert work where the lane meets public road drainage involves the road authority; on-parcel culverts are scoped in the fix
Before you reach out
- Photograph the failures in action during melt or rain
- Note where the water comes FROM — the fix usually starts uphill of the damage
Common questions
Why does my gravel keep disappearing?
Gravel on an unshaped, unbased lane is sacrificial. Crown, compacted base, and functioning ditches keep the next load where you paid for it to be.