On our recent trip to Florida, we saw some of those orange barrels. The old surface has to be torn up in many cases, and material is carried away in truck load after truck load.
Holes are dug, dirt is moved, dust is made.
While all this is going on, traffic is held up. It's difficult and even sometimes a struggle to get where you're trying to go. You know I've said before that Church is a construction zone and the Christian Faith is all about change. The road crews sure create a mess while they're trying to change the road. No wonder change is so unpopular.