REVISED CHECK LIST FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE

CHECK LIST FOR MAINTENANCE OF LYSTRA ESTATES DRIVE

Based on a consultant’s recommendations for extending the life of the pavement of Lystra Estates Drive and previous agreements among lot owners, each lot owner is responsible for these items: It is important to keep roots from growing under the pavement, causing the pavement to crack or heave, or growing down into the pavement so that water can infiltrate. Therefore,

• Keep the pavement along your property clean by brushing, raking, sweeping or blowing off all debris such as pine needles and leaves. This should be done several times a year, especially after leaves fall in the autumn and in the early spring before new growth starts.

  • Dig up or spray Roundup on grass and weeds growing out of or into the pavement. Note that debris on the pavement can give grass a chance to grow.

• If you have grass that borders the pavement, keep it edged, or use Roundup or another herbicide to kill weeds and grass within 3 inches of the pavement.

(Note: we voted to hire someone to take care of the three items highlighted above. Home owners are still asked to do the things listed below.)

• Cut and clear saplings (under 6 inches in diameter) and brush back from your edge of the road. This should be done back to the far side of the ditch on your lot, or, if you do not have a ditch, back to a distance of 10 feet. If your property slopes off sharply in less than 10 feet, clear from the pavement to the drop off. (Please note that to really kill a small tree, you need to treat the stump with Roundup and may need to repeat.)

  • No new trees, shrubs or woody perennials or invasive plants such as English ivy should be planted within 10 feet of the pavement. It is also important to keep ditches and culverts clear so that rain water drains freely and does not stand on or seep under the pavement. Therefore,

• Rake or dig accumulating dead leaves or other matter out of the ditches on your lot.

• Keep the culverts from filling with debris. Rake or dig them clear several times a year. Both to keep leaves and pine needles from collecting on the road and to prevent damage to our cars and trucks, • Trim back limbs lower than 8 feet so that they do not hang over the road.

  • If you have trees that cannot be trimmed back that much, please note that you need to make extra effort to keep the pavement along your lot clean of debris.