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Originally Posted by BrianL99
You're right, most people don't understand easements and ownership.
You are incorrect.
An "Easement" is not a legal grant to allow a utility to come on to your property that you 100% own". Easements have 2 parts ... the Dominant estate and the Servient estate.
It depends on what easement is in questions and and where it's located.
The "Easements" along the sides of Villages roads/streets do NOT belong to homeowners.
Easements between homes, typically belong to abutting home owners, but not always.
In this case, the poster says they were digging trenches on "both sides of his driveway" ... that doesn't make sense. It's not likely there's an easement for utilities, through or over his driveway (other than within the road layout).
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If the work is being done near the road, it is most likely on the right-of-way. This is not an easement, and it is not owned by the homeowner. It does make sense that they would be digging trenches on both sides of the driveway because the homeowner probably does not own the entire driveway because it is part of the right-of-way. Even though you may be using and maintaining the driveway to the street, you probably don't own part of your own driveway. It may sound unfair, but that is the way it is. Hopefully, they will tunnel under the driveway to install the cable.