Average nationwide street light costs
Dear Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy,
I am enqireingto try and find answers to three main questions.
1. What is the estimated average cost of running all the street lights in the UK for a year.
2.What is the estimated average cost of buying an single street light.
3.Roughtly how many street lights are in the entire UK.
Yours faithfully,
Liam Nolan
Dear Mr Nolan,
Thank you for your email of 18 May 2017 below.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold the information you are requesting. Due to the nature of your request you may wish to try the Department of Transport (DfT) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...) and the UK Roads Liaison Group (http://www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org/en/ab...). You may be interested to know that the UK Lighting Board within this liaison group are meeting on 30 June in Belfast (http://www.ukroadsliaisongroup.org/en/ab...) and have completed some work regarding lighting in rural areas. Their statistics function may be able to contribute to your request. You may also wish to try the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...) and Local Authorities.
Kind Regards
Information Rights Unit
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