As an aside be careful what you wish for. I live on the road between the roundabout and the bridge that was fairly recently paved - the same road many of you go by my house at 30mph+ in your souped up ATV's Polaris Moterbikes etc.

The added noise and speed danger differential is huge and an equal if not larger pain for me than the days the road was sand and all it's associated problems. Life is never perfect.