Spanish views from a small town

Driving into town this morning, I saw again the main street in cut off because of works - again. So I had to drive up and around to come back down and into the main square. The street that was cut off used to be a two-way street, then it was changed to a one-way street. Now it's a sometimes street. If not one week, it's another, but there is always some type of work going on in that street. Is there a problem with drainage pipes? Heaven knows. Heaven also knows why the company in charge of the sewer system doesn't correct the problem, once and for all. It sometimes reminds me of a Spanish comedy series on television, in which in a small city street a trench has been opened and no one knows why, or when it will be closed. Not even the worker.  It's absolutely normal in a Spanish city or town to have a street dug up for maintenance. Maybe pipes need to be replaced. So the street is cut off or traffic is narrowed to one lane, and every driver and resident sighs and res...