BBC NEWS | England | Tees | New lighting brings bright future

"Three-quarters of the street light columns in a part of Teesside are
to be replaced in a massive £46m project.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is to replace more than 15,000 columns, or
85% of the existing stock, and add another 3,457 over the next five
years."

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4677466.stm

Unfortuantely it happens elsewhere as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4199090.stm

I notice they don't say anything about the type they will be using.

The best place I have ever stayed for streetlighting was in Devon where they
all switched off at midnight !! :O)
That was 25 years ago, it would be interesting to know if that still
happens.

When I first moved to Ipswich in 1986 I was amazed to see they switched off
most of the residential streetlights at about midnight. What a great idea
and something well worth doing these days with the price of energy and our
council tax rising all the time.

Could be a good idea for a national campaign :-).


Clear, dark skies.

--

/Paul B, York, UK.

York Astronomical Society
www.yorkastro.co.uk


"dylan" wrote in message
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Unfortuantely it happens elsewhere as well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/4199090.stm

I notice they don't say anything about the type they will be using.

The best place I have ever stayed for streetlighting was in Devon where
they
all switched off at midnight !! :O)
That was 25 years ago, it would be interesting to know if that still
happens.

Now is the to mail them and persuade them to fit good lighting. I have just
mailed the council chairman, Please contact the council
.
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
it is no good complaining once they have installed bad lighting.
wrote in message
oups.com...
"Three-quarters of the street light columns in a part of Teesside are
to be replaced in a massive £46m project.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is to replace more than 15,000 columns, or
85% of the existing stock, and add another 3,457 over the next five
years."

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4677466.stm

wrote in message
oups.com...
"Three-quarters of the street light columns in a part of Teesside are
to be replaced in a massive £46m project.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is to replace more than 15,000 columns, or
85% of the existing stock, and add another 3,457 over the next five
years."

More at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tees/4677466.stm

Here in London, the sky is pretty bright, but sometimes you can get good
things to happen. Until recently, University of London Observatory was
plagued by glare from local streetlights. Recently, Transport for London
wanted to relight the A1 outside our gates. Through some long negotiations
and with good will on both sides (plus outstanding contributions from
lighting manufacturer Urbis) we have ended up with lighting so well directed
and shielded that, when standing inside the Observatory, the first
impression is that the lights along the road have failed.

It is now so dark in the grounds that we are having to contemplate
installing low level path lighting for safety during observing sessions.

Not only that, but the road is safely lit to modern standards. You don't
have to throw light all over the place to get "safety" or "security".

It doesn't cost any more money to get good lighting than to get poor
lighting. If only you could get councils and lighting engineers to talk
with you, good results could happen. But it will take some real efforts.

--
Mike Dworetsky

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"Mike Dworetsky" wrote in message
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Here in London, the sky is pretty bright, but sometimes you can get good
things to happen. Until recently, University of London Observatory was
plagued by glare from local streetlights. Recently, Transport for London
wanted to relight the A1 outside our gates. Through some long
negotiations
and with good will on both sides (plus outstanding contributions from
lighting manufacturer Urbis) we have ended up with lighting so well
directed
and shielded that, when standing inside the Observatory, the first
impression is that the lights along the road have failed.

It is now so dark in the grounds that we are having to contemplate
installing low level path lighting for safety during observing sessions.

Not only that, but the road is safely lit to modern standards. You don't
have to throw light all over the place to get "safety" or "security".


I had a walk past the observatory when I was passing through the area a
couple of weeks ago, and can confirm all this, also, the old buildings
seemed to be lit up like a Christmas tree ! I was impressed too with the
solar sytem themed paintings on the walls of the nearby subway, but wonder
why, when 8 of the planets depicted had a strong basis in accuracy, that of
Venus looked as if it was painted by somebody 'on' something.