Street Lighting

After what seems to have been an ongoing saga of epic proportions, Hungarton has finally managed to convert all it's street lights to use low energy bulbs. This is something that the Parish Council have been trying to achieve for years and also something that was strongly supported at the Annual Parish Meeting.

Having the new lights gives us an opportunity to look at the way the street lights are used, particularly after midnight. Because these lights are centrally controlled by Leicestershire County Council, we have the opportunity to consider the following lighting options between Midnight and 5.00am:

• Leave the lights on at full power
• Dim the lights, say to half power
• Switch the lights off altogether

The move to low energy lighting will substantially reduce our energy consumption but obviously, if we dimmed or switched off the lights the reduction would be even greater.

The Parish Council would be interested in hearing views from villagers on this subject.

This article is also on our website which we encourage everyone to have a look as it contains a lot of local information such as road closures, local crime statistics etc.

Andy May
Clerk to Hungarton Parish Council