There's been an eerie silence in Ormskirk town centre this week; on Monday it was broken by the goodbyes of a group of friends leaving The Cricketers and the whine of a high powered water cooled concrete saw cutting into St Helens Road.
The busy junction has been closed as final works for the town's new £250,000 cycle lane on Ruff Lane are finished in time for the grand reveal on Monday.
Locals are wondering now just how many cyclists will actually use it, one saying LCC should have used inverted commas around the word improving in its 'we're improving your road for a better drive' sign.
Added one contractor: "Perhaps they should just have banned cyclists from the town centre."
Here's why the cycle lane's been built:
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