I would agree with that, where I live now, they needed to build a road or should I say improve the existing one which was really just a path on an old and small ag field, one that did have some lush soils. By deed alone the owner has to afford access, and that was done by the owner of the place when they bought their 175'-0" wide swath of land to place high voltage power lines in the 1930's. Power company rep came to the house, we reviewed the plans and when the initial crew mobilized on site, I coordinated and cooperated with them about the location of the road to their land, I used my best judgment and it was "sighted in" as I laid it out and as would also work for them. We had an existing farm road, almost adjacent to the field and bisecting their land, but it was cut higher up the slope and would have require more substantial site work, though it was between fields, and actually has the least grade change over length, but still did not make sense given the widening needed. My direct involvement assured it was done satisfactorily with all things considered and some compromise, yes I would have like them to stay off the field, not feasible. At this time the road they built still exists, however it is my option and prerogative to restore the road and the area near the tower they built to ag land, they still need and have access, maybe they would have to revert back to a road again, an additional cost and though it was already in place, still an option to use that field and get use of just about all of it that was existing before any of this was done.
When they built the section of road to the tower foundation, perpendicular to the access road the topsoil was stripped, when restoration was done, some was put back as they only reduced the width of that section around the tower, so the remaining was left for future use, and all of it (land around the tower) could be put back as was and utilized as ag land. Power company is not going out of business, in this case there was excellent cooperation, I could have raised a lot of problems for them from the very beginning, being within 150 wetland buffer, but was not interested in that, it was more important making sure the job was done with care to the land so as not to destroy or damage it in trade for new, improved power distribution. It can be done without much sacrifice, I mean nothing is perfect but you sure can minimize the impact it has on your land.
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