Allderidge Avenue street lights

John Fareham and John Abbott have secured the installation of new, traditional-style street lights for Allderidge Avenue. The new lamps had to be appreciably taller than those they replace, so as to spread light over a wider area. This route was adopted to avoid disruption caused by installing many more columns. That said, in accordance with the clear majority of preferences expressed when we asked for comments some time ago, the new lamps, whilst they are not in any way exact replicas of the eighty-three-year-old lamp standards they replace, and certainly are not painted in the colours the Council favoured many years ago, they are nevertheless intended to be broadly old-fashioned in their detailing. We hope that local residents will like them and will come to appreciate the higher standard of lighting they will offer.