Jackhammer Day (updated)

It seems that ripping stuff up and replacing it with other stuff seems to be much in vogue in our area. The City of Sydney Council is replacing the footpaths near our apartment with, if I understand the hoarding correctly, cycleways. The existing footpaths were asphalt, reasonably smooth and in quite good condition.

The new "cycleways" consist of what look to be marginally more slippery paving stones. How this less even surface constitutes a cycleway is beyond me. Other than the increased chance of slipping, there is also the matter of the small gaps and potential undulations where paving stones meet, about every 15cm. But frankly unless they have an idea of how to stop pedestrians from walking around the city, its not going to be much use for bikes anyway. Perhaps the hoardings have jbeen recycled from another project, fair enough, we are all green these days, just like the colour of the hoardings.

Posturing about what constitutes a cycleway aside, all I can really conclude is that the council has money to burn.
Perhaps someone could recommend a good charity to the mayor?

Not wanting to be left out, the owner of one of the other three apartments on our floor is renovating. Today seems to be jackhammer day, starting at 8:30am. This has greatly enhanced my work day, which starts at a similar time, in a similar location.

To escape for a bit I went to the shops - carefully negotiating the still under construction footpaths/cycleways. Kfish, if you still need graph paper, I have found a source.

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