Will street lights go off in your road? (From St Albans & Harpenden Review)

If anyone is interested we have set up a Campaign Group based in Borehamwood (although our aim is to cover the whole of Herts) seeking to have our lights turned back on or to agree an eco-friendly cost-beneficial compromise. There are many alternative options that could be considered. Unfortunately Hertfordshire County Council didn't see fit to even bother discussing this initiative with us and completely disrespected the entire community of 1 million residents living in Herts! We have already been on BBC local news and BBC Three Counties Radio and LBC Radio. As a group we want the lights back on/ or a compromise agreed for reasons of health and safety, practicalities of those out and and about, well being of the community and individuals, and crime prevention (albeit whether the fear of crime is percieved or actual). We do understand that some people want to see the stars, however our stance is aimed more at protecting the health and safety of residents in our communities and looking after those who are out and about e.g. shift workers such as nurses, carers, milkmen, young people coming back from nights out, those using late night public transport etc etc.

This is the online Hertfordshire County Council petition to 'Turn our street lights back on':
https://consult.hert
sdirect.org/petition
s/petition?petition_
id=26045

Our Facebook Campaign Group is entitled 'Turn Our Street Lights Back On':
https://www.facebook
.com/#!/groups/18960
5187792781/


Thanks
Suzanne (Alford)