On Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:42:59 -0500, Ecnerwal
wrote:

In article ,
Larry Jaques wrote:

No, gravel allows water to flow through it easily. It's the dirt road
underneath which needs the grading. Then a flat load of gravel on top
would be OK.

Not in Chicagoland, or anywhere else it freezes, and then rains later.
Plugs up with ice and makes a dam until springtime... and not everything
that falls once it's frozen is also conveniently frozen.

Heh! I forget that people actually live in places like that.

I suppose I was also assuming that the grade had originally been good,
but hadn't been maintained in years.

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