Legal Question in Real Estate Law in California
what can i do to stop the phone company from digging a 20 ft trench all the way up my driveway. no notice, just spray paint all over my driveway. they cut a smaller hole at the end last year and did a bad job patching it and now looks horrible. i just spent 20k redoing my entire front yard and driveway and i know they will leave a very noticable 20 ft eye soar.
james
1 Answer from Attorneys
There is not likely anything you can do to stop it, delay it maybe, at significant expense, but not stop it. If they have an easement for underground lines, they have a right to dig up your driveway. In fact, they may not even be required to restore the driveway. That would depend on whether the driveway was paved over a pre-existing easement, or if there was a driveway there before the easement was granted.
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