Motorways: Lighting

(asked on 27th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of lamp columns on the M1 between junction 1 and junction 10 are out of light, how often lamp columns on motorways are inspected for such issues, and within what period of time they expect defective lamp columns on motorways to be repaired.


Answered by
Lord Davies of Gower Portrait
Lord Davies of Gower
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 11th December 2023

There are currently 11% of lighting columns out of order on the M1 between Junctions 1- 6A and, 30.7% between Junctions 6A -10. Lighting columns are inspected every 28 days, and the repair of any faults varies depending on the nature and priority of the fault(s) in question. A typical simple fault will in most cases be repaired within 14 days.

The lighting outages between M1 junctions 6a and 10 are the consequence of underground cable faults. Testing work is planned to take place in the next financial year, 2024-25, and will assess the condition of the cable network so that repairs can be prioritised alongside other asset needs.

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