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Council's signal switch enters final phase

21/03/2025

West Sussex County Council is entering the final stage of its three-year programme to change all traffic signals in the county from halogen to LED.

Worcestershire speeds up LED upgrade to beat cost rises

30/08/2023

Worcestershire County Council has finished a £6m project to upgrade 21,000 streetlights to LED more than a year earlier than planned after accelerating the work in response to rising energy costs.

SRN to brighten up with 70% LEDs by 2027

15/02/2023

National Highways is working on a huge programme to convert streetlights to LED with the aim of reaching 70% by 2027.

Volker wins £5m Oxon LED replacement deal

31/01/2023

VolkerHighways has started work on awarded a Traffic Route LED and Column Replacement contract with Oxfordshire County Council worth £5m.

Notts counts savings in the millions as LED switchover nears finish line

09/11/2022

Nottinghamshire County Council has signed off the final stages of a decade-long project to change nearly all of the streetlights in its area to LED.

Medway hands Volker £9m LED lighting deal

28/08/2020

VolkerHighways has been awarded a street lighting contract with Medway Council, worth over £9m, that will see thousands of energy efficient lights installed.

Bedford carries out £6.3m LED lighting upgrade

06/09/2018

Bedford Borough Council has all but completed a £6.3m project to replace its highway streetlights with LED lanterns.

Leeds set to back £25m LED streetlight switch

03/07/2018

Leeds City Council is to take forward plans to upgrade all street lights in the city after a consultation, but has yet to say whether it intends to extend a night-time switch off.

Monumental lighting 53% more efficient

25/08/2017

Technology used for architectural ornamental lighting, such as monuments, have been adapted for use on the strategic road network in a national first.

Skanska starts LED lighting upgrade in Gloucestershire

17/11/2015

Work to install 55,000 energy-saving LED street lights throughout Gloucestershire has started.

Kent to spend £40m on LED lights switchover

18/12/2014

Kent County Council is planning to invest £40m to convert its 120,000 street lights to a centrally-controlled LED lighting system.

Transport for London invests in lighting technology

16/01/2014

Harvard Engineering has secured a contract with Transport for London (TfL) to install a wireless monitoring and control system for street lighting across the capital’s busiest roads.

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