Hertfordshire County Council is brightening up Stevenage and Hitchin, with wind and solar street lighting trials
Hertfordshire County Council is brightening up Stevenage and Hitchin, with wind and solar street lighting trials Following the successful introduction of two wind and solar lighting schemes on Corner View in Welham Green and another on Park Road in Rickmansworth, two additional sites are being trialled in Stevenage and Hitchin. Installation of one unit on […]
Councils warn of spiralling cost of street lighting and pothole repairs due to increasing energy cost and inflation
Councils are facing massive increases in costs due to spiralling inflation and the increase in energy costs, the Local Government Association (LGA) is warning. New analysis by the LGA and the Association for Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) has estimated that the cost of street lighting, filling potholes and building new roads […]
Cornwall Council to start street lighting project
This month will see the start of a countywide streetlighting upgrade across Cornwall, according to the council. The project will run over the next three years. It will see the majority of our 55,000 streetlights replaced with new LED fittings. The project will be completed by Enerveo, the council’s maintenance contractor. This project is essential […]
World’s first roadside deployment of wind turbines to go ahead on Telford & Wrekin’s network
The first public road in the world to host the Alpha 311 wind turbines is be in Telford, according to the company behind the technology. The ‘innovative’ vertical axis wind turbines will be mounted to street lighting on the A442 main carriageway where they will harvest the airflow from passing vehicles. This follows the news […]
Amey presents paintings to celebrate street lighting works
Amey’s Edinburgh Street Lighting team have presented the City of Edinburgh Council with three hand paintings of the city scape to celebrate the completion of recent street lighting upgrades. The paintings which feature locations of where the street lighting works took place, are the creation of artist Sophie Hoggan, who has two sisters that both […]
Thousands of new LED lights to shine across Worcestershire
An extra £6million will be spent by Worcestershire County Council on street lighting in a bid to complete the replacement of all non-led units to more energy efficient LEDs. Around 20,000 lights will be replaced with new ones in 2022/23, which will help to significantly cut energy costs. This coming year’s investment will also continue […]
Lancashire sets out £20 million programme for its roads, streetlights and bridges
Lancashire County Council has unveiled a £20m programme of investment to support vital transport infrastructure. The fund will be considered the council’s cabinet and includes spending on roads, streetlights, and bridges over the next 12 months. Almost £12m of that sum is earmarked for resurfacing roads and preventing potholes appearing, with the county’s highways teams […]
Analysis shows the environmental value of switching to LED street lighting
New analysis of the power usage and therefore environmental impact of streetlighting suggests that councils can reduce their carbon footprint by 13 tonnes of CO2 per mile if they switch from traditional lamps to LEDs. Based on statistics that show an LED uses just 40% of the electricity of a traditional lap of similar effectiveness, […]
Amey secures Inverclyde street lighting contract extension
Amey has secured a one-year contract extension to repair and maintain street lights, road lighting and traffic sign lighting on behalf of Inverclyde Council. Amey has managed the street lighting maintenance service in Inverclyde since January 2014. A new contract was awarded to Amey back in November 2020 following the success of previous contracts to […]
Essex County Council replaces over 10,000 streetlights with LEDs
More than 10,000 old-style streetlights in Essex have now been replaced with LED alternatives. We are moving at the speed of light to upgrade 82,000 streetlights, mainly in residential roads. The older lights are being replaced with LED, or light-emitting diode, technology, over three years. LED can save on average 60% energy usage and thousands […]