The City Required Us To Pour This Sidewalk To Nowhere

You’re probably wondering what’s going on there… We’ll get to that at the end.
One of the requirements for the warehouse we just built is that we pour a sidewalk the entire length of the property- all 300 feet.
After the guys got done floating the concrete, they snapped lines every 4 feet and put in control joints with a groover tool.
Then, they broom finished the concrete for traction.
Our city required that we apply a curing compound to the sidewalk, this stuff went on easy with a roller and left it with a bright white finish.
Next, I used my Ventrac with the power rake to blend the ground between the original terrain and the sidewalk.
This rake knocks off the high spots and fills in the low areas.
You can see here what a nice job it did.
The Ventrac is really lightweight so I can drive across the new concrete without damaging it.
Because this sidewalk is in the middle of nowhere and doesn’t connect to anything, we were curious if anyone would use it.
We decided to hide out so we could surprise and congratulate the first person. ‪@hausplans‬
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