WILL WHITER SHADE OF PALE PROVE HIT WITH BRIGG RESIDENTS?

A pioneering trial of new street lights was revealed at Brigg Town Council's monthly meeting in the Angel Suite.

O'Hanlon Avenue, Yarborough Road, Burgess Road and St James' Road have been given "low energy, carbon-saving street lights" of differing types by North Lincolnshire Council, the highway authority.

They now want to gauge the reaction of local residents. 

If all goes well, low-energy lights could be installed across North Lincolnshire, with major savings to the public purse.

Householders have been supplied with feedback forms, and Brigg town councillors also have the opportunity to respond.

The first thing that strikes you about the on-test lights is they are white, rather than the familiar orangey yellow.

The survey form asks people whether they consider them too bright, about right, could be brighter, or poor.

North Lincolnshire Council, whose highways issues are under the control of Brigg and Wolds' Coun Nigel Sherwood, says the trial will be "fully transparent."

The police will also be invited to comment on the new lights, presumably on the road safety and neighbourhood watch grounds.

North Lincolnshire Council has asked for completed questionnaires to be returned to its highways HQ in Scunthorpe by August 24.

And then we will know whether  a whiter shade of pale or mellow yellow is going to call the tune in the years go come.

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