Back to its roots

Just when it seemed I had forgotten, the topic of the street we live on returns (cue shark attack music from jaws). As the photo shows, they've decided to resurface it. Compared to some roads I have to drive on, ours didn't seem to be in too bad a state. But it's going to be a nice, new, shiny surface in a couple of days.
Going by my previous experience of these things, it will only take a couple a weeks until the gas, water, electricity or phone company realise they have to dig a big hole in it for one reason or another.