A possible explanation for that situation is that some utility below the pavement needs urgent work, so the pavement is broken open by a utility contractor to do that work, and then they don’t repave it properly … because they’re not allowed to. If that utility contractor did the final repaving they would be taking that work from other contractors which would violate laws that force government to open up contracts fairly. So, a bidding process is started to select the contractor that will repave, and that process takes months.
I work for government myself and have often been frustrated by the inefficiency forced upon us by well-intentioned but misguided legislation. Also, you learn pretty quickly that some contractors play the game better than others and will win one government contract after another, not because they will do the job better, but because they understand the rules around bidding better.
I work for government myself and have often been frustrated by the inefficiency forced upon us by well-intentioned but misguided legislation. Also, you learn pretty quickly that some contractors play the game better than others and will win one government contract after another, not because they will do the job better, but because they understand the rules around bidding better.