Street lights in Rockingham Street / Arch Street alleyway

Hi
Yep, Mickybar you beat me to it, they were on for about 2 days I think, off again by Thursday!
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Dear all,

Have spoken to the council and L&Q recently. The council attended and confirmed that their lights are working, and sent me a photo.

L&Q have responded tonight with this:

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Thank you for your email.

Yes we do know the root of the problem; there are in-ground lights in the redundant flower beds which short out when they get wet. This is causing the street lamps to short out.

We have raised an order to remove these in-ground lights so that we can effect a permanent repair to the street lamps.

We are just awaiting a quote from the contractor to go ahead with the job.

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Please do let me know if this is not done soon, as I will follow up again. Apologies that the lights are still off on these dark nights - hopefully we will get it sorted soon.

Karl Eastham
Chaucer Labour Councillor.

karleastham wrote:

Dear all,
Have spoken to the council and L&Q recently. The council attended and confirmed that their lights are working, and sent me a photo

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I think perhaps they sent you an old photo. I've just double checked out my windows and can confirm that no lights are on in the alley.

Just a thought, but why don't they at least cover the in ground lights as a temporary measure, until they sort it? Can't be difficult.

Hi everyone,

I'm a student journalist looking to cover this story.

I went to the alley today and saw three men urinating there in the space of half an hour (in broad daylight!) so I understand why you feel so annoyed.

I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me a quick quote with how they feel about going down the alley at night and the apparent inaction of L&Q?

It is unlikely to be published anywhere as I'm only a student but any help would be much appreciated.

Please feel free to contact me on [email protected]

Best

James

stitch wrote:

karleastham wrote:

Dear all,
Have spoken to the council and L&Q recently. The council attended and confirmed that their lights are working, and sent me a photo

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I think perhaps they sent you an old photo. I've just double checked out my windows and can confirm that no lights are on in the alley.

True, even the council lights are not working. That seems more like vandalism, I can see on the corner between the alleyway and Arch Street that electric wires, coming out from the pipes, are broken.

Lights are on, finally! Hope it's the end of this neverending story

Hi everyone,

Pleased to hear this is sorted, please do email my council address if they go off again.

Karl Eastham
Labour Councillor

I have been speaking to the Safer Neighbourhood Team about the people urinating here. Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday I witnessed men queuing up to urinate here.
I think that we need to take a lateral view here as enforcement of the Local Authority Act powers is unlikely to solve the problem.
I suggest that we look at a public urinal for the area. This along with asking local businesses to adopt a scheme whereby they allow members of the public to use their facilities, may have more impact here.
What do people think?

Pavel,
I agree with you. There is no way to prevent people to use the alleyway as a toilet, especially at night (but not only at night). At that point, it would be good to place a couple of chemical toilets, and also cover the useless flower beds.