Streetlights back on – decision after energy-saving plan is reviewed

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.