Island Roads is planning to give Newport residents their own light show during this weekend’s Isle of Wight Festival.
The Highways PFI company is making use of the road closures in place for the festival period to replace streetlights in Fairlee Road between Halberry Lane and the Link Road.
This work would have required a separate road closure but Island Roads has changed its schedules to make use of the festival closure and two teams will be working from early Monday morning to get the replacement columns in place before the road restriction is lifted later that day.
Paul Herbert, Island Roads Service Director, said:
“We do seek to keep disruption to an absolute minimum and using the festival closure to replace these streetlights on Monday means we will not have to close the road on a separate occasion which would cause additional inconvenience to the travelling public and residents”.
Under the Highways PFI, Island Roads is installing 12,000 LED lights that can be controlled centrally, are energy efficient and reduce light pollution.
Councillor Jon Gilbey, Isle of Wight Council executive member for finance and the highways PFI said:
“I very much welcome this move. The council works hard with Island Roads to ensure that the needs of residents and road users are always at the heart of the contract.
Article continues below this advertisement “This is a very good example of Island Roads working flexibly and practically and they should be applauded.”
