Road signs that drive you crazy

I live in Old College Street, Sliema and have done so for the past three years. In the space of those short three years I have seen my street go through literally all possible combinations and permutations with regards to access to it. One week it's accessible from Manwel Dimech Street, the next it's not. The week after that it's accessible from Manwel Dimech Street, but only from the first turning on the left. The week after that it's only accessible from the second turning on the left.

Then Manwel Dimech Street itself is made one way. The week after, the one-way sign is covered with a black plastic bin-bag, taped into place. Actually, all the one-way signs in this street were covered with a plastic bin-bag at some point, though I lost count of when and how many times. Some months later these bags gradually come off of their own accord. On other occasions, the bags are evidently deliberately taken down.

Today I came face to face with a route bus, no less, coming down the narrow street that is Manwel Dimech. I kid you not. It would almost be funny if it wasn't downright dangerous. Evidently, Manwel Dimech Street is back to one way, and all this with nary a peep in the way of explanation or at least notice from our local council. And by notice I mean a letter/phone call/e-mail/poster/roadside notice made some weeks in advance - a tiny advert in the Social and Personal section of The Times on the very day changes come into effect simply does not cut it. What about those who read the papers when they get home in the evening?

I am writing to see if this problem is not only mine or if it is just me going insane. Or perhaps, it's too late and I've lost it already. In which case I would like to complain to those that made me this way, namely the St Julians local council, but with the craziness that's going on with the street signage around me, I fear that they've beaten me to it.