Fixing potholes and park equipment is pretty standard here, nothing unusual, nothing that is going to appeal to voters. In fact, nobody seems to notice when these things are repaired (except for the hassle when people can't park or drive through the spot being fixed up for a day), they just notice when they're not repaired.
It's like that Infrastructure Bill that Biden thought was going to land him on the FDR map. Nobody cares about patching up a bridge that could fall apart in a decade, they only care when it does and people die as a result.