Field of Schemes: Football Field Accidentally Built on Man's Land
 

Football Field Accidentally Built on Man's Land

SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Jun 26, 2014, 11:31 AM ET

A Maine town will spend $27,500 to correct mistakes it made that led to a youth football field being accidentally built on private property.

Officials in Skowhegan say they skipped the step of ensuring that the field was built on the property of the Skowhegan Community Center sports complex. The field ended up partially on abutting property owner Kris Laney's land.

The Morning Sentinel reports that the town will purchase a 50-by-470-foot piece of land from Laney for $15,000. It will also spend $12,500 for drainage, survey and engineering work.

Town Road Commissioner Greg Dore says buying the land was cheaper than moving the football field at an estimated cost of $45,000.

Way to "accidentally" get his property.

It's easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Odd wording. Before I finished reading the headline, I had already started to wonder how anyone could accidentally build a football field.


Nice land grab, though.
If I were the owner of that property, I would have a real hard time parting with my land because of someone else's mistake.

:D

Wow! I'd love to be that guy, to be honest :))
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If I even buy a house, even an older house - or build a new one; it requires a survey - so I don't get this. Did some @hole bureaucrat just rubber stamp the permit or did they have Stevie Wonder as the construction foreman ?

this thread is 10 years old, resurrected by a ****wit spammer.

Of all people to quote; OneDef.

You now pissed me off thinking he might have come back. Dorkbot.

sounds like a very cheap price ! 40x80 lots here going for $500,000.

Damn, and for a moment I thought Julian was back
Scott

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Almost 100% guarantee its a bot and not a person.

Click on his link and find out. :Jeff '79: