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Lights out

Reported via desktop in the Street lighting category anonymously at 00:23, Sun 12 December 2021

Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later

LAMPPOSTS NUMBERS FROM 1,2,3,4, ALSO TRAFFIC SIGNS..1S.2S.3S.

The street lighting on the A420 at and in the western approach to the roundabout with the A34 has not been working for at least a year.

Council ref: 3174332

Asset ID: 073045

Column number: 002S

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  • SUPPLY FAULT - Passed to District Network Operator (Energy Supplier)

    When our street lighting contractor previously attended site it was confirmed that there was a fault with the electricity supply to that lights rather than within the lights themselves, this fault has been reported to the Local District Network Operator (LDNO) by ourselves.

    In much the same way as a typical household, Oxfordshire County Council is responsible only for the street light, but not for the electrical infrastructure outside of its own asset, the cabling serving street lights is provided and maintained by the LDNO; these are outside of the local authority control and subject to a separate regulatory framework overseen by ofgem.

    Oxfordshire County Council’s contractor is not permitted in any way to interfere with or try to repair electricity supply faults, as they would be in breach of the statutory safety regulations if they tried to do so.

    Once the electricity supply company advises Oxfordshire County Council the fault is rectified we will confirm this within our regular inspection programme to ensure that the light as a whole is in working order.

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 12:17, Tue 14 December 2021

  • I see that these lights have been out for at least a year?? I understand that the Council says you can do nothing but pass the problem along to another agency but surely someone can *follow up with* that other agency to rectify this obvious safety hazard?? After a year or more??

    Posted anonymously at 18:22, Wed 30 November 2022

  • Oxfordshire County Council wishes to apologise for the delay in a response due to the timescale since this was last reported. Please can you confirm if it is still an issue by creating new report on FixMyStreet.

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 16:01, Monday 19 February 2024

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