And more on footlights

Just as Icklesham Parish Council decide not to go with the environmental and economic benefits of turning off footlights at midnight, the rest of the world moves on.

ESCC is proposing changes to street lighting in the Rother area as part of a wider plan being rolled out across the County in order to reduce energy bills. The process will begin over the coming months and will involve initial talks with Parish Councils, the police and community safety teams before holding a public engagement event. The works will involve installing dimming equipment on street lights along main roads so that they are dimmed between the hours of midnight and 06:00hrs and installing part-night lighting controls in all of the ESCC maintained lighting on residential roads and providing a reduced number of street lights on some of the secondary/estate feeder roads.  The part-night lighting will switch off between 03:00hrs and 05:30hrs. Town and Parish Councils will also be asked whether they wish to convert their own lighting to part-night operation at the same time.