The £4 million cost is just the tiny bit by Hitchin Road. For the total cost you can add a zero to that figure as half a hillside has to be dug out opposite IBC. I had the figures somewhere so I will try and dig them out. The council seems to be on a mission to cut down every tree in the east of Luton. Even the Cemetery had all its trees cut down and don't get me started on our Park.
The council were clever. They put out barriers and dug a small hole before the locals kicked off because they were not consulted which stopped the work in its tracks. I am guessing that because the work was started any funding will remain in place although no one else has come up with that theory. Can't think of any other reason why the Council would start a major road project and then not tell anyone.
Oh and those roadworks in the photo was the power cables going in for the Dart. They must have run a mile of cable to a substation.