County officials have been criticised for leaving street lights on a Market Drayton estate switched on day and night, for more thanover two years.
Despite constant pressure to “go green”, residents of Glendon Close in Market Drayton have been left burning the midnight oil after the lights stopped switching off following a thunder storm two years ago.
And after being brushed off by Market Drayton Town Council, resident John Edge, said enough is enough.
John said: “There was a thunder storm two years ago and since then the lights have stayed on 24/7.
“I reported it to the council and nothing happened and then a few months later I bumped into one of the councillors and asked him to bring it up at a meeting – which he did but still nothing was done.
“Last week I thought I would have another whinge and spoke to the town clerk who said there is an obsolete part in the lights and they can’t get them repaired. I was quite brassed off.
“Everyone is always talking about trying to be more green but the council are quite happy to sit back and waste lots of energy.
“We’ve just all had these new black bins delivered to recycle plastic but I just think what’s the point, the council don’t seem to be bothered.”
Fellow resident Molly Lucas, said: “It’s been two years since the lights went off but before that we used to have problems with them coming on.
“It’s a very dark street so we didn’t know whether or not to complain because it’s better having them on all the time than not at all but it is a terrible waste.
“It would be very nice if we could have those photosensitive ones.”
Deputy Town Clerk, Julie Jones, said: “The street lights on Glendon Close are very old so to get them to work we have to burn them throughout the day so they can stay on at night.
“Because they are so old the parts are no longer available to put them on a timer. The lights are on an unmetered supply though and do not cost anymore money.”
By Joseph Masi
