Street lights off at night in Frampton Cotterell

Dave Hockey would like to thank local residents for the high level of support given to this project in the consultation carried out late last year. By the time you read this article 392 street lights in Frampton Cotterell Parish will have been fitted with a smart, selfcalibrating photocell which turns them off after midnight until about 5am.

The photographs show Lee Clarke from South Glos. Council’s Street Lighting Team with a photocell in his hand and another of Lee fitting one to a light in Upper Stone Close. This scheme will save an estimated £3,710 electricity costs and 23,335 kilograms of carbon emissions each year - it is good for the Council tax payer and for the environment. The cost of the change will be recovered in under a year and a half. 192 streetlights have been left on all night in line with South Glos. Council Policy. A review of the scheme is planned for March 2012 – in the meantime, any problems will be dealt with as they arise.