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Nov 19, 2023

Final phase of LED streetlight conversion programme starts in April

The LED upgrade programme is entering the final phase from April 2023 with the

The LED upgrade programme is entering the final phase from April 2023 with the remaining 20,000 residential streetlights being converted over the next two years. The remaining estates to be upgraded are:

Bradville

Grange Farm

Loughton Lodge

Shenley Brook End

Bradwell

Great Holm

Middleton / MK Village

Shenley Church End

Broughton/Broughton Gate

Great Linford

Monkston

Shenley Lodge

Browns Wood

Heelands

Monkston Park

Simpson

Caldecotte

Kents Hill

Neath Hill

Stantonbury incl. S’bury Fields and Campus

Eaglestone

Loughton

Netherfield

Tattenhoe

Crownhill

Kingsmead

Old Farm Park

Westcroft

The streetlights included in this final phase will be structurally tested before the switch to LED and any lamppost that fails the test will be replaced. Any existing issues will also be fixed during the upgrade programme wherever possible.

A programme outlining which estates will be upgraded and when will be published on the Council's website in the Streetlighting section and on the Council's Facebook and Twitter pages.

The LED upgrade programme began in 2014 and has so far saved more than 35,000 tonnes of carbon – and will have saved more than 50,000 tonnes by the time every streetlight has been upgraded.

The energy-saving lights will also help to offset the rising cost of electricity and make maintaining the lights more efficient. The City Council spends more than £2m every year lighting MK's roads.

The old orange sodium lanterns will be replaced with LED lanterns providing crisp, targeted light where needed. This will help to reduce light pollution, as the LED lights are directed onto the road, redway or footways.