sluggish,
I'm no expert, but I looked for similar cases. I did't like what I found; they go against intuition.
Read this. "The general rule is that you have to do all the maintenance and that he can do nothing but go in and out on the road." - seniorjudge
But this one does sound much better:
Read me too. "We have a Right Of Way at the bottom of our property to allow one neighbor end of the road access to her home. We recently cut all trees on a small slope to allow a view. This slope is on our property and runs down to the ROW road, which is on our property and another neighbor’s. The neighbor who uses the road is very upset that her “shady lane” has been “desecrated.” She now has made many demands and threatened to put a lien on our home, which we now have on the market. She has demanded, among other things, that we take full erosion control measures to protect her road. We know that 28 years ago cutting occurred on this slope and that erosion was not an issue. We have plans to seed and hay the slope; we plan on redigging the road-edge ditch that was covered with debris. She has accused us of displacing gravel on the road, which did not occur-both road property owners agree on that. What is our obligation to her and her right of way maintenance?" - embiju
"You can do anything on your property that does not "burden" the easement. As long as you do not interfere with her access you are OK. That does not mean she can't hire a lawyer and sue you, this is America. Check the original easement to see if maintenance is mentioned." - lwpat
"Thanks Iwpat! The deed does not specify anything about maintenance.
A road assoc. agreement states that homeowners are responsible for road maint. on portions edging their property, but not beyond any portion of the road used by the homeowner. The only people using this portion of road are the complaining neighbors - road ends at their property. We have no intention of allowing their access to be hampered or blocked in any way. I think we're OK as long as they don't get crazy and suit happy on us. I appreciate your response." - embiju