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Street light changes save cash and carbon

Posted on 22/02/11

Leicestershire Councty Council

18 February 2011

Street light changes save cash and carbon

Almost 2,000 street lights are being switched off or dimmed in Leicestershire as part of ambitious plans to save cash and cut carbon.

By April, 1,960 lamps alongside main roads in a number of areas will be turned off or dimmed.

The move is the latest stage of Leicestershire County Council's plan to cut 700,000 from its 3million street lighting power bill and reduce carbon emissions by 3,000 tonnes each year.

Since the project was launched last year, the plug has already been pulled on 90 lights. Over 3,000 lamps in 25 villages go off between midnight and 5.30am - another 29 villages are set to get on board over the next few months.

Lesley Pendleton, County Council cabinet member for environment and transport, said: "Dimming lights beside main roads and switching off others that aren't needed saves money and reduces energy costs and pollution.

"Before changes are made to any street lights, every potential site is assessed thoroughly and consultation carried out with the emergency services and the council's accident unit.

The vast majority of feedback has been positive and although we do recognise there may be public concerns about switching off street lights late at night, other councils have adopted this approach and found that it has not led to increased crime.

Just by making these simple changes, we can save 700,000 and cut annual carbon emissions by 3,000 tonnes and that has to be worthwhile.

For more information and a list of street light switch off locations, please visit www.leics.gov.uk/lighting .

This is another example of how the county council is achieving value for money. It is making 58 million of savings over the next four years, by cutting

running costs and being more efficient. Other examples of savings include sharing back-office functions with Nottingham City Council and reducing the number of offices the council runs.

Notes:

This year, nearly 800 roadside lights have already been switched off on sections of the 30 main roads below:

  • Bradgate Hill, Groby
  • A50 Markfield Road, Groby
  • Bardon Road, Bardon
  • Shaw Lane, Markfield
  • B587 Nottingham Road, Ashby
  • A607 Newark Road, Thurmaston
  • A512 Ashby Road West, Shepshed
  • A6 Derby Road, Hathern
  • London Road, Quorn
  • Barrow Road, Quorn
  • Fishpool Way, Barrow
  • Donington Lane to A50, Hemington
  • B6540 Tamworth Road, Hemington
  • Rugby Road, Burbage
  • Harborough Road, Foxton
  • Harborough Road, West Langton
  • A47 Hinckley Road, LFW
  • A47 Normandy Way, Hinckley
  • A47 Normandy Way, Barwell
  • A47 Uppingham Road, Houghton on the Hill
  • A6 London Road, Oadby
  • A563 Lubbesthorpe Way, Braunstone
  • B4114 Coventry Road, Croft
  • Winchester Road, Blaby
  • A4303 Lutterworth Road, Lutterworth
  • A4303 Coventry Road, Lutterworth
  • Blaby-by-pass, Blaby
  • A563 Soar Valley Way, Enderby
  • Kirby Road, Glenfield
  • Sacheverall Way, Groby

After remedial work has been carried out, another 160 lights will be switched off this spring, on sections of the eight roads below:

  • A511 Stephenson's Way, Coalville
  • Regs Way, Ellistown and Battleflat
  • A607 Syston Western-by-pass, Syston
  • A607 Syston Northern-by-pass, Queniborough
  • Loughborough Road, Quorn
  • London Road, Kegworth
  • Melton Road, Barrow
  • Station Road, Elmsthorpe

Work is taking place throughout February and March to dim 1,000 lights on main roads in the 13 areas below:

  • Barwell
  • Braunstone
  • Earl Shilton
  • Enderby
  • Glenfield
  • Groby
  • Kirby Muxloe
  • Loughborough
  • LFE
  • Oadby
  • Queniborough
  • Syston
  • Thurmaston

Other councils which have made street lighting changes include Leicester (dimming of lights on main routes), Gloucestershire (dimming and part-night lighting), Essex (part-night lighting) and Buckinghamshire (switching lights off).

Leicestershire County Council's scheme will contribute four per cent of the councils proposed 30 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2014.

The emergency services have not objected to the idea in principle and are being consulted on every scheme.

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