That's a tragedy of priorities. Priorities of the local municipality or even the federal government. A dysfunction of misplaced deliberations.

All the road and infrastructure taxes being funneled by the politicians to, other areas as they see fit to placate their constituencies or finance their pet projects.

Same with out-of-control grossly over-budget projects that dont deliver the bang for the buck.

If we - as an electorate - insisted on superior paint or "marking technology" for surface roads, we shall have them in one form or the other.