summer is the season of being tortured by heat. it cannot end soon enough
today is also the day of being tortured by roadworks directly outside of my window 24/7 (this is not an exaggeration, there is a line of sight to the works site and they are doing it actually around the clock)
i'm not actually sure if they finish today, but if they continue to jackhammer and drill at 1am for multiple days i'm going to lose it
@whitequark shocking: catgirl rewires jackhammer to add little surprise
@whitequark I genuinely thought this was illegal. I wonder if they're skirting it by technically not being in a residential zone or something. either way really shit.
@whitequark in lower united states it would be suicidal to do roadworks in the summer season, which is why i dealt with them all winter and spring
it appears the people there have not yet learned this valuable lesson, which might explain why they're doing it at 1am
the announced works period is almost two weeks long, so i'm going to get their permits and start filing complaints
@whitequark The fuck?! How can that be legal with any kind of housing nearby? 
@june beats me. I don't have the permits yet, I will challenge them when I do
@estelle they're doing this in the summer because only temporary repairs are done during winter
@gsuberland no this is smack in the middle of a residential zone
@gsuberland @whitequark my experience is typically road work in downtown commercial areas or major highways is scheduled for the middle of the night when there's less traffic, and in residential areas during the day so as to not wake people up.
Maybe it's some kind of emergency repair they can't delay?
@azonenberg @gsuberland they're replacing a shitload of asphalt, doubt that's an emergency
@whitequark @azonenberg @gsuberland They sometimes do A roads or above at night to reduce disruption; they did the asphalting of our road in the early hours.
@whitequark the fuck.
I'm like 80% sure there's a noise ordinance law about this.
@whitequark if you've got the bandwidth for it I'd send a complaint to the council about it. even if they finish tonight it's a signal that they will get future backlash about granting work permits for night in that area. but appreciate that it's Yet Another Thing to do while being tired.
@gsuberland @whitequark I’ve had this happen before when living on a major road, I think they decided the disruption to residents was outweighed by the disruption of an extended closure on one of the core routes through the city.
@gsuberland oh they've been doing it for years like that. just, usually for no longer than one night and during night only. and not so loud
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@whitequark sounds like they got complacent with the work permits :/