Driveway/ road millings and taxes?

[The Evil Twin]

The couple homes that live off our easement are thinking about doing the whole road in millings. The gravel is expensive, dusty and a pain. I have had such food results with my RV loop that we are thinking about doing it all.
One guy asked the tax question. He said his inlaws did it and then their taxes went up because the road was "paved".
Now, I don't know if they fought it. I certainly would. Ask the tax man to come by and show them its not asphalt.
Anyone run into this?
Edit: I have reached out to the county via email but have not heard back.

 

[texas42]

To the uneducated in road construction terms, asphalt millings when placed and compacted properly resemble "asphalt pavement" especially at 30 mph.
To fight it would require much education of an assessor that doesn't want to be educated.

 

[The Evil Twin]

To the uneducated in road construction terms, asphalt millings when placed and compacted properly resemble "asphalt pavement" especially at 30 mph.
To fight it would require much education of an assessor that doesn't want to be educated.

That's what I'm thinking happened. A drive by or satellite photo made it look paved. Fortunately my county is VERY easy to work with and talk to. Fighting it would be easy as long as they do not consider millinhs to be the same as asphalt pavement. Not sure why they would since they are not the same.
Anyhoo.... hoping someone has run into it themselves.

 

[DustyRusty]

I'm in CT and the town doesn't care if you have a dirt driveway or a paved one. Since I am on a private road it is dirt since the others on the road don't want to chip in to do anything to improve it.

 

[KKBL]

Here in Erie County PA, the tax assessment is based on buildings and acreage of the property. Private drive construction materials are not part of the assessed tax value, but I imagine that other states or counties can tax things differently to take more of our money.
We did about 1/3 of our 1/2 mile drive with millings 2 years ago to see how it would hold up in the really bad areas. Very impressed with how well it worked and plan (hope to be able) to do the rest this year.
Less expensive than gravel per ton here, no dust, and becomes almost as good as pavement after it has packed down, but it needs to be put down thick. We had four 20 ton tri-axel loads delivered by a driver that knows how to gate it correctly. Overhead wires or large over hanging trees are a problem when that dump box is all the way up unloading.
Once completed, it we shouldn't have to constantly deal with the pot holes, mud, dust problems for many years. After maintaining the 1/2 mile drive for 33+ years I am looking forward to that. Not cheap, but way way less than paving would be.