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Light is out. 001 Circus Mews -
Sent to Bath and North East Somerset Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 4158334.
Moderated by Bath and North East Somerset Council at 11:56, Tuesday 21 February 2023
Hello, How are you? This is a street light on the corner of Circus Mews and Circus Place. It's been like that for a week or two. I think the bulb may need replacing by the look of it. Thanks!
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We've looked into this report and passed the details on to our contractor. They will plan and carry out any work needed.
We've closed this report. If we cannot resolve the issue in a timely manner we will provide further updates.
To find out more about our street lighting please visit https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/ services/ streets-and-highway-maintenance/ lighting/ street-lighting
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We can confirm this light is not working due to a power supply issue. The fault will be reported to National Grid and we trust they will attend shortly. We can add more information here when known.
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20 Feb: Light is still out
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This fault is still ongoing with National Grid. We shall add more information here when known.
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National Grid are unable to easily restore supply using the cables as they currently are. To overcome this issue we are looking to upgrade the equipment and provide an alternative supply to this lighting unit. We are sorry the light will be out for a while longer until this work take place. We shall add further information here when available
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This light has been out for three months and the scarcity of light in this section of the street is making the area unnecessarily hazardous. It's a simple issue to fix: simply needs some action by the council. As time wears on, the chance of there being an incident, with the lack of lighting being a contributory factor, becomes more and more likely.
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Further to our comments above, as the lantern is located on the wall of offices, permission is being sought from the business to install the new conduit needed to restore supply to the light.
Once permission has been granted, we hope to proceed to install a new feeder pillar, conduit to the lantern and upgrade the lighting equipment itself.
We hope you appreciate this is not straight forward fix and although the light will be out for a while longer, the proposed works are required to upgrade the supply to the light and for ease of future maintenance.
We are sorry for any inconvenience caused in the meantime and will proceed with the works as soon as we are able.
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I understand that permission is being sought from the business to install the new conduit needed to restore supply to the light.
I'm assuming that this is being done through semaphore or a series of beacons located on the coast of Tierra del Fuego and look forward to an update on progress soon.
In fairness, the company may have chosen to simply ignore the council's communication and bask instead in the warmth offered by last year's profit margin, if not the light from a functioning street lamp.
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We can confirm that permission has been granted from the business in question and we are waiting on delivery of the new equipment before attendance. When we know a time frame for the work we shall update this report.
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Everyone understands that these things take time and this light has only had a problem since the beginning of the year.
See you in four weeks!
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We are waiting for confirmation that National Grid have isolated power to the lantern at source which is within the building. Once this has been confirmed we can proceed to carry our maintenance of the light, which involves refurbishment and reinstallation of the lantern.
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