Street lights removed on safety grounds
DISAPPEARING lamp posts in Berwick will be replaced - but not until the next financial year in a number of cases.
Residents in Highcliffe, Ascew Crescent and Sunnyside Crescent have all raised concerns in recent weeks after a number of street lights have seemingly disappeared, leaving behind taped-up stumps in their place.
Two columns were removed from Askew Crescent in November. One resident said: “It’s very dark in mornings and evenings going to and from work, a few of us have had to use torches.”
Another street light has also been reduced to a stump outside Sunnyside Crescent, a spot which residents say is particularly dangerous as it is on a school route with parked cars and children playing.
Northumberland County Council say that the lamp posts that have been removed were found to be structurally defective and had been removed for safety reasons.
A spokeswoman for Northumberland County Council said: “In this financial year we have replaced 23 street lighting columns in Berwick, East Ord, Spittal and Tweedmouth.
“As part of the testing and inspection programme, we have recently found a further 24 columns that are structurally defect and have been cut down on safety grounds.
“Some of the columns deemed to be a priority shall be replaced within the financial year and all the others will be replaced from April onwards.”
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