They recently spent several weeks, and god knows how much money, on a cycle lane at Brimington, running down alongside the crematorium. Though its not on the road, its part of the path, they changed quite a few curbs, widened the pavement, etc.
I wasn't too critical at the time as I know our council have so much money, and no concerns about care for the elderly, the young, education, normal road maintenance, and so on, or indeed, reducing our tax bill, they might as well spend it on meeting a few targets and ticking a few boxes.