Driveway curb dispute in Essex [Video]

An Essex couple said they are unhappy with the town over a curb that was installed at the end of their driveway.

Jody St. Louis-Smith said they have had a 30-plus foot driveway for over 10 years. She and her husband Rick Smith paved the driveway, which accommodated four family vehicles side by each.

Their normal changed when the town repaved the road during a reconstruction project on Irwin Avenue in Essex. The width of the driveway had been narrowed to 25 feet.

“Every time I look at it, I just, it upsets me,” said St. Louis-Smith. “It is just awful because originally they had put down a separation between my neighbors and I, and it was perfect.”

St. Louis-Smith explained when the curbs were poured, the driveway looked like it did before. However, crews returned a few days later adding five more feet of curb. The couple’s lawyer Randy …