Fixed
Lack of street lighting
Reported in the Street lighting category anonymously at 08:48, Wed 21 August 2019
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council 2 minutes later
In the evenings this section of path/road is quite dangerious to people walking. This is due to lack of street lighting, Speeding cars and over grown trees often forcing you to walk around onto the road
Council ref: 1739273
Updates
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Unfortunately Oxfordshire County Council does not have any funds available at this time to install additional lighting as our street lighting budget is used for the energy, cost and maintenance of our existing street lights.
However if the Parish Council were prepared to fund the initial installation /servicing costs and pay a commuted sum (this is an upfront sum to cover future maintenance costs) we would be prepared to take on future energy and maintenance costs for that lighting as long as it is installed on the public highway and to our specification.
In rural areas new lighting will only be provided in consultation with the local councils. A test will be whether it is necessary (for road safety or security reasons), affordable and sustainable
It may also be worth contacting Thames Valley Police to see if they would be prepared to fund the initial installation and servicing costs if this area is known as an accident ‘hotspot’ or if it is an anti-social behaviour area.
Please accept our apologies that we cannot assist any further at this time.
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 09:05, Wed 21 August 2019
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So can we enquire as to when the street lights already in place down majors road will be working?
Posted anonymously at 14:48, Wed 21 August 2019
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Issue has been fixed my developer Bovis
State changed to: Fixed
Posted anonymously at 16:02, Mon 7 October 2019
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