1010 Land Clearing & Site Development

About 1010 Land Clearing & Site Development

Avon Mountain decides how a winter morning goes here. When a storm comes over the Talcott ridge and slides down toward Route 44, the wind scours some driveways bare and buries others under three feet of drift, and 1010 Land Clearing & Site Development is out in the dark sorting out which is which. Plow first, widen after — push the banks back far enough that the next storm has somewhere to go, then shovel the steps and treat the walk so nobody takes a fall on the way to the car. The steep drives on the mountain side of town get sand where they need it; the long flat runs down toward the Farmington River get opened end to end. There's a specific pleasure in standing at the top of a cleared drive at first light, blacktop showing, banks cut square, the whole thing quiet again. Then it's on to the next one before the school buses start rolling.