CLEANER
by new street light upgrade
“The £20,000 scheme has seen dated lighting columns replaced with either stronger LED bulbs or taller stands that brighten a larger area and reduce ‘black’ spots, increasing visibility and reducing nervousness.”
Councillor Paul Watling Cabinet member for safer & stronger communities
A Safer & Stronger Communities project to brighten pedestrian and cycle paths in Donnington Wood Way is now complete, with residents ‘reassured and feeling safer’ with the outcome.
Concerns, previously identified via Telford & Wrekin Council’s ‘Safety Matters’ survey, showed that residents, particularly women, felt nervous about insufficient lighting on a major pedestrian thoroughfare on Donnington Wood Way. This is an area popular with walkers and also used by school pupils. The £20,000 scheme has seen 16 dated lighting columns replaced with either stronger LED bulbs or taller stands - now up to five metres tall - that brighten a larger area and reduce ‘black’ spots, increasing visibility and reducing nervousness among residents. Resident of 30 years, Ness, lives close to the walkway and uses the route twice daily. She said: “It has been reassuring to have the new lighting and it does make a massive difference. “Before, when out walking, I couldn’t make people out until they were quite close to me which sometimes felt daunting and there were shadowy areas I was wary about. It made me feel nervous at times and I tried to avoid places
which were dark – quite difficult in the winter. “Now, the lights are good at lighting up a wider area and mean I have much better visibility of the whole path and can see people from further away. It is reassuring to know I can see who I’m approaching and that helps me feel safer.” Telford & Wrekin Council’s Safer & Stronger Communities team worked closely with the parish council responsible for the lighting. A similar scheme costing in the region of £180,000 is being carried out in Malinslee from May and on Hinkshay and Dark Lane.
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