Whiteshill and Ruscombe street lights off?

Switching off Parish lights after 12.oo midnight to 6 in the morning has been shown in many areas to be popular - saves money and light pollution plus helps reduce CO2 emissions.

See previous blog entries on this for much discussion (some here) - we are now getting closer locally to when we might see action - in the next WaRbler newsletter there will be a plea from the Parish for comments about lights that might need to stay on - the plans looks set to only effect 25 to 30 percent of street lighting as lights near road bumps and at other points need to be on.

Cam village have already got further down the line - switching off lights there is expected to save £4,650 per year and 24 tonnes of CO2 per year.

From talking with local councillors from the Cam area a couple of residents have raised concerns that it could put their safety at risk - each of these cases is being investigated and adjustments may be needed - in fact most crime takes place in day although the public perceives it takes place at night. Apparently a couple of complaints have been from people who are upset they cannot see to go to the loo in the night! Are they serious?

The county council's street-lighting manager Barry Greenaway has said street-lighting accounted for 25% of the total electrical energy consumed by the authority. The County have apparently written to all 160 town and parish councils and to date they've received 50 responses and almost 40 support the project - including Randwick.

It is starnge what you find on the web - here is a site dedicated to street lighting with pics like the one above.