Well, then by all means. Let's remove civil work and diplomatic actions because they fit your version of "micromanagement".
I call it an option. An option many would like, especially in war ravaged lands like Beluaterra and Dwilight.
There are already ways to increase the rate at which roads are repaired, by looking after your region and getting it back up to scratch ASA, civil work investment etc much like all other infrastructure in the game (RC's etc). The way I could see this working is if you had an option to prioritise repair in one area of infrastructure at the cost of others. Otherwise we probably need options to allow knights and lords to individually repair all sorts of things.
Long travel times (in Dwilight at least)?
The proposal would give us a new way to bring roads up to full efficiency, so travel time would only be affected in area's were roads are currently crap.
