This does appear to be a freshly dug ditch. It doesn't appear to be deep enough for underground utilities, but who knows (I see a street cabinet further down). The machine that digs these has that V shape shovel that it "drags" along the side of the road. Here is an example of a bigger one: https://www.mapillary.com/app/?pKey=3974485359541489&focus=photo . These can be mapped for sure as they are part of the melioration/drainage system. Whether anyone has time to map these is a different question ;)