destruction chronicles - are we there yet?

Last week I complained about the unfinished job on our front lawn. I will admit I honestly did not think that our walkway was going to be finished. We were the only ones on the street by last weekend who had not had their various walkway stones put back.But then today I came home early (after a particularly brutal and stupid day) and saw this:Good heavens! A WALKWAY! And with SHINY NEW PATIO STONES!Now there's a shock!They are even all nicely lined up and solid when you walk on them (unlike our old ones that wobble to and fro).I guess this waited so long because they had to order the stones? And they even replaced the two broken ones! And took the old ones from our lawn and carried them away!So here we have the finished product! I highly doubt we'll get new grass at this time of year. Never mind the fact that it's currently 39C (103F) as I write this post - which is HIGHLY unnatural for this time of year. It'll start dipping below zero soon enough (I hope!) so any new sod will just die out quickly.My only complaint? This -They left the - whatever the heck that thing is  - thingy really high up. This will be broken/knocked over/whatever once winter starts and the snow plow (or us with the shovel) removes the snow. I don't know if they plan on coming back and hammering it into the ground a little more? I think it's rather hazardous still and there's no cone or anything to flag it. I'm not sure what I am supposed to do with this now. I know that *I* will likely drive over it if I attempt to drive any time soon.(On that note - I have NOT been driving since this was paved because I STILL CAN'T SEE CLEARLY FROM MY LEFT EYE! Argh. Follow-up appointment for that on September 8th.)So maybe this is done now? Maybe I will be safe from construction vehicles, holes in the ground and dirt and dust soon? Maybe we can finally wash our car for the FIRST TIME in 2010 since there was no point while the construction was going on because it coated out car in dirt every day?I certainly hope so.But I will say this - the construction crew that was working on this for 90% of the time (they'd come back and dig up more stuff as the streets were being repaved, etc) were exceptionally friendly, polite, clean and professional. I will sort of miss waving to them every morning. ;) Especially Young Cousin John. I got used to seeing him on daily basis. This was the best construction experience I have ever had that was run by a city. So kudos to my city for a job well done - AND it ended BEFORE October. Impressive.