LED street lights row rumbles on
This, he said, amounts to less than two per cent of the 10,000 LED units the Light Division of TransportNI have installed.
Alderman Hatch and his colleague Cllr Doug Beattie MC met with Transport NI official, Mr. Joe Cochrane, recently who confirmed the number of complaints received.
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Hide Ad“In response to Ald. Carla Lockhart’s comments in The Banbridge Leader about myself and the ‘blame game’, she quite blatantly goes on a rant again blaming Danny Kennedy, the previous DRD Minister,” said Ald. Hatch.
“Remember, the funding was provided through the Executive and the DUP Finance Minister and I am aware that the current DUP DRD Minister Michelle McIlveen has said she plans to roll out this LED scheme across Northern Ireland in the foreseeable future. Let’s see what the DRD Minister does after the Election.”
Alderman Hatch said Mr. Cochrane confirmed to him that when a complaint is registered, the area is surveyed and the light measured midway between the lamp standards.
In most cases it met the LUX levels as regulated by Government. Where it doesn’t meet the standards, adjustments are made to the head of the lamp standards in question.
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Hide AdCommenting on the recent coverage on this issue and what he called ‘sustained DUP attacks on Danny Kennedy ‘ Ald. Hatch went on to say: “I would like to point out, that it was, in fact, Mr. Gregory Campbell, DUP MLA for Londonderry who called for the installation of LED lights in November 2012 quoting 40% savings on running costs and citing Sheffield as an example of savings achieved.
“Throughout last year Danny Kennedy came under relentless pressure from Stormont MLAs to keep street lights on. As recently as April 2015 DUP MLA for South Antrim Paul Girvan urged Danny Kennedy to invest in these lights.”