The triple post is testament to how much the road work bugs casey. We had our turn (I hope our only one) with road work outside the house in 2003. We lived on an intersection (right by BuckyTuba and his tuba comrades) and the "side street" was going to be out of commission for a few months. Fine, the street really needed it, we knew the inconvenience would be worth it. The hassle increased when they discovered a little problem with the cross street (our "front street") in the intersection. So they dug that up too, only in front of our house. The hassle peaked when they connected something incorrectly and we had a small (few inches) backup of water in our basement. However, the contractor reimbursed us for all expenses we incurred cleaning that up. The end result was a much improved street surface, a curb (again!), and a sewer system that was newer than the 1910s. But it was not at all relaxing to come home from work and find disruption and (depending on the weather) either dust or mud every night.