Probably to enable pedestrians to avoid the hole and use part of the road as a right of way. Although anyone thick enough to miss the signs and barriers around said hole deserve to fall in it and have the hole filled in before they can get out.
As with a lot of things these days the fear of Health & Safety and the chance of some dumbass coming to harm, with subsequent lawsuits, trumps convenience. And don't forget there are some out there who will actively seek out ways to get some free money, and don't care if it entails potential serious injury - they weren't planning on going to work anyway. The lazy little shits can't even be arse to call it a compensation claim, and abbreviate it to 'compo'.
That's me wound up now, I'll be in a bad mood for the rest of the day.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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