PFI SCHEMES - LAMBETH STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS

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Benefits to Residents may include:

Brighter and safer streets;

Reduction in crime and fear of crime;

Reduction in road traffic accidents;

Increased use of local facilities and public transport at night;

Enhancement of the environment generally.

Planning the Installation Work

Lambeth Lighting Services, David Webster Limited and your Council want to ensure that any inconvenience is kept to a minimum. Work will be carried out during normal working hours (between 8am and 6pm) Monday to Friday, although occasionally it may be necessary to work at the weekends, however we do try to keep this to a minimum. You will be notified by letter, together with contact details for any queries you may have, a minimum of five weeks prior to the start of the works.

This work has been planned and co-ordinated with public utilities and other bodies to ensure the programme is carried out as efficiently as possible. The local electricity company will carry out connections to the new columns. Old columns will be disconnected and removed for recycling soon afterwards. A yellow painted circle on the ground with the letters L/C will mark the locations of the new columns.

The Council and DW want to keep you informed of when works will be taking place in your area. The proposed installation plan showing works planned by street and month can be viewed by clicking here. If you have any queries specific to these works, please contact David Greenwood on 020 8443 6230.

Reporting a Problem If you wish to report any of the following faults, please provide as much information as possible: Lamp post, illuminated sign or illuminated bollard as     not working properly Lamp post or illuminated sign with exposed cables, or     which has something hanging loose from it, a door missing     or which has been knocked down For example, in addition to providing the name of the road, it will help the operator if you can provide a description of where the equipment is. For example “outside house number 20”, and the lamp post number (which will look similar to the one in the photo shown).

You can call us on 020 7978 3423 or email t&hcallcentre@lambeth.gov.uk.

What you can do to help

Help save energy and avoid accidents – lamp posts should not be on during daylight hours. If you would like to play your part in conserving energy, then please report lights that are on during the day.

Emergency Reporting – exposed wires or a collapsed lamp post can be very dangerous. Please report these to the number below so our staff can deal with the request immediately.

You can call us on 020 7978 3423 or email t&hcallcentre@lambeth.gov.uk.

Our Service Standards

If you report a faulty street light, we will repair it within five working days.

If a light is not working because the electricity supply has failed, the repair is the responsibility of the electricity supplier EDF Energy. EDF Energy will generally reinstate a supply within ten working days.

Current Situation in your Borough

The Lambeth PFI Core Investment Programme (CIP) achieved its 5^th milestone 4 weeks ahead of target.

The Lambeth Project is now 100% complete.

The final milestone was acheived in November 2009 with 9,390 new columns
    in light.

Over 900 streets and 13 parks have been re-lit and the new columns installed.

98% of the lighting columns in the Borough are in light.

Answering your queries

If you e-mail, or write to the Council, they will give you a reply within two weeks.

For complex problems the Council will let you know what is happening within two weeks and keep you regularly informed of progress.

Thank you for taking the time to read this document - we hope you found it helpful.