Originally Posted by jefnvk

On my way to work this morning (in a car), someone blocked off an entire lane of a well traversed road to park trucks and equipment to dig up a sidewalk. I went around it, and that was that. All this spring the power company had heavy equipment parked in random locations on my regular trail, as they were replacing towers for the high voltage transmission lines that roughly parallel it in many places. Big deal.

No, people are not regularly allowed to drive on that path. Yes, unfortunately, delivery and utility trucks block all sorts of routes, both for cycles and motorists. It is part of living in society, and generally a legal maneuver. I can't telly what they are doing, but as it appears it could be some sort of concrete contractor, they may well have needed to be there.