Obstacle course for a pavement

According to Stephen Zerafa, head of Public Relations at WSC, in a recent letter to The Times, "The WSC... cannot accept shoddy work when it comes to 'patching' after work is done".

Which planet is he living on? Does he ever get out of his comfortable office and into the real world?

I would like to invite him to visit Triq ta' Masrija, Mellieha - I promise to provide him with refreshments for his trouble - where, over the past three years, between his people and Melita Cable, our pavement has been turned into a leg-breaking obstacle course. Only as recently as three weeks ago, part of the pavement was once again "lifted", and a new trench dug up. Once finished, the WSC workers left the pavement in such a state we are unable to walk on it for fear of injury.

But there again, how are they expected to "patch" anything up when they do not carry the necessary material to render any damage they create? Isn't it about time the powers that be insist such material is on the vehicle when they leave the depot?