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Old 06-19-2011, 02:32 AM   #25
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Wink Don't Take Gravel for Granite...

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The residents had a chance to get the road paved, but they voted it down because they wanted to keep the speed down and the country feel.
I've got both "paved" and "gravel" on a private road, and "gravel" wins. The other eleven residents on my road maintain the "gravel" part year-round, and have properties with a collective value of about $18,000,000. What do you bet that the "paved" part—which is breaking up—is returned to gravel?

Except for those driving other-people's-vehicles , traffic is "tamed", and noisy bikers don't want their chrome dusty.

If your lot is dense with trees, any dust tends to settle-out on their leaves: our vehicles have an awful look, but it's because they're covered in pollen!

A neighbor's private road was a dirt road, then a new neighbor moved in with a Ferrari, and convinced his neighbors that the road just had to be paved.

But I'd take a look at the paving on Winnipesaukee Drive near the Alton/Wolfeboro line before paving! (Big permanent bumps! ).

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(Is it something in the water that makes everyone seem so nice and happy?)
It's the granite.

You can buy the "granite dust" saved from granite engravers to spread on your garden!

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