Site grading and driveway preparation for homes and farms around Union Point, Greene County, Georgia.UNION POINT DRIVEWAYS & GRADING, BUILT TO GREENE'S SPEC.

Greene does not let grading start until the erosion controls on the approved plan are installed and inspected; drainage, grading and utilities follow. Cutting for footings or a basement without the land disturbance permit is prohibited outright.↗↗

Most homesites out here also carry a septic system, so the driveway line and the pad are drawn around the field. Drives and hardscape must stay at least 5 feet from the absorption field, and grading or filling that affects a system after its final inspection voids the county approval.↗↗

The ground helps. The Cecil gravelly sandy loam mapped at the center of Union Point drains well and has some natural gravel in the surface, so a drive built on it with a proper stone base sheds water instead of holding it. Where topsoil has eroded away, we strip to firm subsoil before placing stone.↗

On farm tracts the drive is often the longest piece of the job, a few hundred feet of pasture between the road and the house. We set the grade so it climbs steadily, crown it so rain runs off both shoulders, and turn water out into the field at low points with shallow dips instead of letting it run the full length and cut a gully down the middle.