LED Street Lights
Dear Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council,
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to enquire the following information relating to the installation and maintenance of street lights.
I would like to request:
1. Has the council installed any energy efficient street lighting in the last five years, such as replacing halogen bulbs with LED street lights?
2. If the council is in the process of installing any energy efficient street lighting, please confirm when the council started to do this and provide an estimate of when the council expects to have switched all street lights to energy efficient street lighting.
3. How much did the council spend on running, installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2015, 2016 and 2017?
4. How much does the council estimate they will spend on running, installing and maintaining street lighting under the council’s jurisdiction in 2018?
5. How many complaints were received in relation to new energy efficient street lighting, if any, during 2017?
6. Please estimate how much money the council currently saves following the installation of any energy efficient street lighting on a monthly and annual basis?
If the following questions do not fall under your jurisdiction, please can you provide the name of the organisation and contact details who manage street lighting within your designated territory.
Yours faithfully,
Hayley Burrows
Dear Madam
REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
With reference to your request for information held by Causeway Coast and
Glens Borough Council under the above legislation. The Causeway Coast and
Glens Council was formed under the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland)
2014 effective 1 April 2015 and replaces the former councils of
Ballymoney, Coleraine and Limavady Borough Councils and Moyle District
Council. Requests made to the legacy councils since 1 April 2015 are
being handled by the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and
duplicate requests made to the legacy councils will be treated as one
request.
Response:
The Council has undertaken a search of its records and failed to locate
any relevant records to your request based on the information you have
provided. Accordingly Council can confirm that it does not hold the
information to which you seek access.
Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act which places a duty on
public authorities “to provide advice and assistance” we would advise you
that this is because local authorities in Northern Ireland do not have
legislative responsibility for this area of responsibility. Transport NI
is the sole Road Authority in Northern Ireland, responsible for public
roads, footways, bridges, and street lights and may be able to assist you
with your enquiry. They can be contacted at:
Transport NI
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast. BT2 8GB
Telephone: (028) 9054 540. Fax: (028) 9054 0024
Textphone: (028) 9054 0022. E-mail: [1][email address]
The sponser Department can be contacted at:
Email: [2][email address].
Website: [3]https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/
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Yours faithfully
Linda R McKee
Linda R McKee MSc MPA
Information Governance Officer
t: 028 777 60317
e: [5][email address]
[6]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
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