Unfinished Business...

What with living in Manchester before I came to the USA, I was rather used to the general building site atmosphere that pervaded the city - what with it being a major up and coming part of the North-West of England. You couldn't go down any street without seeing either something being put up, torn down, redesigned, reimagined, and any combination thereof. What you could also see was any number of builders feverishly working away. The same seems to be true of Charleston in some respects. Whilst there are perhaps not so many building projects on the go as in Manchester, those that are (such as the new hospital opposite my work) have gone up incredibly quickly. The same goes for the new apartments being built a stone's throw away from my work (that will no doubt be snapped up by new doctors, mark my words). Anyway, in both cities, it has to be said that the same is not true of the roads.

Now previously on this blog, I have had cause to bitch immensely about the state of both roads and pavements. If you can really call them that. My father has now had the joys of being driven down some of the Charleston roads, and he can tell you just as well as I that they are somewhat lacking in surface, and somewhat overflowing with potholes. So imagine my joy when, on the day of his departure, the road was closed - and they were obviously taking off the old surface with a view to redoing it. Well, that was what i hoped. A week later, and they FINALLY decided to put a new layer. Only for them to cover half of the road and leave the other half twice as bad as it was before. Well, would you believe that it STILL is only half done. After nearly two and a half weeks. I can. I now am fervently hoping that they manage to complete the job before my NEXT visitors arrive. Which will probably be in late 2007!! Keep your fingers crossed.