mandamonius in the house of the flying internets

So today we have a man coming to fix the hole in our driveway.  For some reason this hole was covered with a wooden board when it was first created and no one can think why.  My suspicion is that it was the previous owners and their lax atttitude.  Every time someone drives over the board it makes a banging noise and it’s really starting to grate on my nerves - not to mention that the board itself is breaking down.

However, I have this fear that someone is going to draw something obscene in the cement while we are at work or drive through it despite the fact I warned the neighbours that this work was coming up.