Devon County Council26 Mar 2015 15:03
Devon County Council has submitted a £44 million bid to the Government for additional funding for major resurfacing, drainage and streetlight improvements on some of Devon’s most critical road infrastructure.
The council is asking for £10.2 million from the fund to replace 25,000 ageing street lights on main roads across Devon with energy efficient LED lighting.
The introduction of LED lighting would reduce energy costs by over £1million per year and reduce carbon usage by 60% on over a third of the county’s streetlights. The scheme would also replace 5,000 streetlight columns.