dougydougdoug said "I live on McDonald as well. I have been avoiding the glacier/ice sheet that formed over the last weekend from the temporary water. Just simply go up the backlane and avoid getting stuck or damaging your car on the front street. Its pretty easy to see the rough areas prior to going through them so not sure how your claim would go, best of luck trying to get any money out of the city for those repairs. "
The back lanes aren't much better and you can't fault the op for using the main street and getting stuck.
The traffic sign indicates that westbound traffic is to take the street and eastbound traffic takes the back lane on the way out. I traveled through the ice field yesterday not knowing how bad it was and have since ignored the city's instructions and just go against the flow of traffic down the back lane. On first glance it doesn't look that bad especially when it's dark out.
The same thing happened when they dug out the trench for the new pavement before it snowed... they dug it out on a Friday before a snowstorm. The hole filled up with snow and a few cars ended up getting stuck due to lack of signage.
If this project had been properly scheduled in May or June (ie. not starting a water project at the end of August) we wouldn't be having to deal with the constant ice flooding.