Blaenau Gwent Council’s Executive has decided – after a promised review – to switch back on remote-controlled streetlights in residential areas after midnight.
For an interim period, streetlights on A and B roads will be switched off between 1am and 5.30pm.
Streetlights are not switched off at:
- main road junctions and roundabouts
- pedestrian crossings
- town centres
- areas covered by CCTV cameras
Once all streetlights in Blaenau Gwent are fitted with the new technology remote switching – known as the Mayflower System – a revised street lights energy saving scheme will be introduced. This is planned for early 2010.
Proposals for the revised streetlights energy-saving scheme (not before early 2010):
Residential areas:
- Streetlighting will remain on all night – alternate streetlights will be turned off between 1am and 5.30pm.
Other areas:
- Streetlights on A and B roads and non-residential areas will be switched off between 1am and 5.30am.
Again, streetlights will not be switched off at all at:
- main road junctions and roundabouts
- pedestrian crossings
- town centres
- areas covered by CCTV cameras
The Council’s Executive decision on Wednesday, 14 October 2009 followed its promised review of the energy-saving after-midnight switch offs of selected streetlights that began in May and June 2009.
