When doing a street paving job that will span the area of 3 residential blocks and you won't be allowing traffic through the area (including for the residents that live there), you should have signs posted for no traffic access. There should be no reason that someone should be a block away from their home, looking at their home, but being told after being stopped halfway to the stop sign next to their property that they have to drive 4 extra blocks or more to go around to their house from a different side to be able to access it. If you're blocking a road or not allowing access, it should be posted as such. And if you're doing it in a residential neighborhood, common courtesy would be to let the residents know (preferably in advance) about work being done that will limit their access to their home. And if the situation above does arise, a little bit of manners would be helpful when talking to an upset resident, and not just a comment from one of your workers about, "well, those guys are a-holes, so that's what you have to do." read more