Roadworks that spring up in the blink of an eye at the end of your street, thanks to the dubious practices of cable/utility/telecoms companies. Rogueworks are never advertised to the local community in advance, and often lead to a busy diversionary route passing up your normally tranquil street.
I was late for work because NTL have got rogueworks at the end of the street.

I couldn't sleep last night. The bastard rogueworks mean everyone in Hertfordshire drives outside our house now.

British roadworks (aka Sadistic Bastards). Closing off multiple primary routes of traffic for 90 days to trim the verge, forcing the traffic load of a small town like London to use a single lane bridge to commute. Also using diversion tactics that will see someone travelling from Birmingham to London visit the Norwich coast.