mrcross,
ATCs primary task is to control Air Traffic. Would you like us to put that as a secondary task and inform you about all unserviceabilities instead, which are dealt with through the NOTAM system.
NOTAMs are absolutely the correct way to inform the flying community about closures .unserviceable equipment etc.
If you are aware prior to landing at an airfield that there are taxiway closures etc you will ensure you take the appropriate exit point off a runway. Or if landing aids are unavailable you make a judgement as to whether or not to plan to land at that airfield.
We simply do not have the time or resources to keep repeating information that pilots should already be briefed on through the NOTAM system. It is a safe and reliable system which as a pilot you should welcome.
I suspect that you would be the first one to complain if you were not told such information and subsequently screw up.