to wonder why the council can't co-ordinate roadworks with school term dates?

[Sabriel]

Got to school this morning to find a team of council road workers digging two holes in the road immediately in front of the school gates. It is the last but one day of school before half term, and they started at 8.30am .

It is a narrow residential street with the school one side of the road and houses the other. Parking is only on the house side and they were digging on the school side. So they were taking up 3 of the very few parking spaces in the road and trying to trundle their wheelbarrow back and forth in front of the constant traffic. Not to mention making a tremendous racket.

It's a council school, so they are well aware of when school starts. If they really had to start today AIBU to think they could have at least waited until after 9am, so as to cause less chaos?

I think it's a good idea, force you to park the car some distance away and walk the rest even if you can't walk the whole way. Clears the actual school environment from lots of cars which will likely encourage more to walk and everyone wins.

Well done council! YABVU.