Road Works

Monday, local council employees started making lots of noise and dust outside our house. We have a 'no through road' at the end of our street, and they were laying rubble along it. We were curious to know why. It would appear it is so people can walk through. It seems pointless, as we have been able to do that all the time. A few years ago, they made that end of the street a cul-de-sac,when they did the kerbong , so I can't see that they will allow cars to drive through. Now for some clarification on the above. The council employees have been measuring and marking along the street, as they are about to finish doing the kerbing they started about four years ago. They are doing the kerbing on the other side of the street first. They are removing the culvert pipes, and putting new ones under ground. When they did that on our side, all the rain water runoff seeped into the pit in our shed, as it's natural path had been blocked. It will be interesting to see what happens now.
Yesterday, when Sue and I came back from our coffee morning, there were two council employees standing at the stobie pole on the other side of the street. Well, one was standing, the other was digging a hole. I remarked to Sue, that the one standing was a proper employee, as he was leaning on his shovel! He had obviously received the correct 'training'.For all you non aussies, it is a standard joke, that to be employed by the council as outside staff, you must lean of your shovel a lot, as they are not deemed to be very diligent workers.I hope they don't take too long to complete the work.I have enough trouble with allergies and Asthma, without the added dust they will be kicking up.