Barrington Avenue street lights

John Fareham and John Abbott wish to know whether Barrington Avenue residents would consider new, traditional-style street lamps suitable as a replacement for those in Barrington Avenue. “The question is, perhaps a little less abstract now than it might have been some time ago – Allderidge Avenue has now received new street lamps and these are in the sort of retro style local residents there were asking for in preference to something overtly modern. Their old lights were installed in 1930, as were yours, and needed to be replaced. We therefore suggest that residents with strong feelings either way on the matter may wish to take a look at the new street lights in Allderidge Avenue and see whether they would consider street lights like those, perhaps fractionally shorter as there are more lighting positions in Barrington Avenue, or lights of the same general type, to be suitable for Barrington Avenue. For some residents the appearance of new lights has been the stumbling block to finding new lights acceptable; we would be interested in local residents’ opinions on whether the solution is already on display in Allderidge Avenue.