Hook Road Lighting - update
Ever since 17 street lights failed in Hook Road early in January, I have been chasing Surrey County Council to get them repaired. The problem was identified as a cable failure, necessitating 18 new lamp posts.
Promised completion dates came and went. So at the Local Committee on June 9th I demanded a full explanation of the apparent lack of urgency. It seems that the problem is one of Health & Safety. The danger is to the EDF workers struggling to make the necessary electrical connections in the narrow footways, not just from traffic but more from the tangle of other buried services, especially those for telephones and cable TV.
Surrey Highways said that all but 3 of the 18 new lights had now been connected, but the last three required staff from EDF, BT and Virgin to work together under SCC supervision and this could not be arranged before 7th July.
I pointed out that actually 12 street lights were not working, not just the 3 mentioned and promised to supply a detailed list, which I did later that night.
I have subsequently been told that the other 9 have failed for different reasons and will be dealt with separately. Let’s see what happens.
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