OK, I haven't been that way in a while. I wouldn't know what the holdup was.
Here in CT, we had a bridge on I-91 tht was held up for quite some time because the DOT wouldn't issue a transport permit for the new bridge beams to be used in a DOT project. Sometimes the oversight is amazingly stupid.
I don't doubt it. The issue here may actually be a number of "jobs" and things like bridges do need regular maintenance but to the regular commuter it has the appearance of the never-ending project.