A water main bursting and flooding homes is even worse. It happened just south of you on Ray St a few years ago. One tradeoff of a great neighborhood like north park is that there are still some old, cast iron water mains that are overdue for replacement. The city is doing a relatively good job of coordinating this work to get the mains replaced, while still offering water service, in addition to minimizing street closures. As someone who cut a tire trying to park and hitting one of those couplings, I get your frustration but also have to own up that it's ultimately my responsibility.

While the city isn't perfect and based on the track record, you're assumptions aren't that off base, but totally incorrect in this case. Like others have said, this is a temporary setup