IMPROVEMENTS are being called for in new lighting columns which have been installed across
Warrington Liberal Democrat councillors say poor lighting has caused worry for local residents.Cllr Brian Axcell said: “We have been inundated with complaints from residents about the poor lighting levels where they live.
“Although the lanterns at the top of the new columns have space for 40 light emitting diodes (LEDs), in nearly every residential street the columns have just 12 LEDs.
“If you want to see the difference between new and old lights, I suggest you go to Westy where just a couple of streets have the new lights, but mostly with 30 LEDs.
“Elsewhere the old columns have been retained so you can see how much better the lighting used to be.
“Poor lighting reduces safety for pedestrians and people tell me they are worried about going out at night. The purpose of installing LEDs is to greatly reduce the costs of electricity.
“We welcome this but it shouldn’t cost much more to increase the number of working LEDs which will improve safety for residents.”
