The worst of the construction should be over for Mum by day's end. Yesterday, the water and sewer crew had to move while the pavement was milled on adjacent streets. As we are on a dead street and it is a leg of a t-intersection, the slowest part of the job has been in front of the house next to Mum's. They had started the curbstop next door the day before so it was noisy, dusty and dieselly (diesmelly?) so yesterday was quiet until they returned in late afternoon. The curbstop was finished and a catch basin near a corner of Mum's property was installed. The previous catch basin had a square cover. The new one has a round cover. Someone at City Hall has caught up with the modern tech introduced bt the Romans just a while back! Today, I foresee Mum's curbstop replaced and mine connected (mine was renewed about 5 years ago. The noise and such will be at it's worst for Mum toady but, barring any problems, I won't have to park the car in a parking lot at the end of the street which means Mum won't have a 400' walk to and from it over rough and dusty terrain. 400' can be a marathon when yer 86 and ya gotta pee.