strange lighting columns
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strange lighting columns
Seen these on GSV and wondered why they were here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Woo ... -1.5961186
There also seemed to be poles of a sigh if you go back in time on GSV.
There also seemed to be poles of a sigh if you go back in time on GSV.
Last edited by OliverH on Wed Jul 28, 2021 21:56, edited 1 time in total.
Re: strange lighting columns
There was originally concrete columns mounted on the verges then by 2012 there were new steel columns in the central reservation with SON lanterns. By 2021 these columns had their SON lanterns replaced with LED. This is all too common where the last generation SON lanterns had short lives due to the imminent arrival of LED which was unforeseen in 2010.
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
Re: strange lighting columns
I actually meant to show thisTruvelo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 21:36 There was originally concrete columns mounted on the verges then by 2012 there were new steel columns in the central reservation with SON lanterns. By 2021 these columns had their SON lanterns replaced with LED. This is all too common where the last generation SON lanterns had short lives due to the imminent arrival of LED which was unforeseen in 2010.
Re: strange lighting columns
It looks like a redundant column.
How would you like your grade separations, Sir?
Big and complex.
Big and complex.
Re: strange lighting columns
Same with this one I've never actually seen a lantern or bracket on it. Even when they were concrete the metal pole remained empty and when they did the upgrade to steel they left that one there and that was before any signs were even attached to it.
Re: strange lighting columns
Only thing I can think is maybe the councils involved put them up before the street lighting PFI contract was signed and then signed the PFI contract after and just left them because responsibility went over to the PFI company. Maybe the PFI company just left them because they had no lanterns on them. Because as we've seen in the past PFI companies replace brand new columns and lanterns that are newish installed by the council before. So these things get overlooked in favour of standardised column types and lanterns.
Re: strange lighting columns
one thing I could think of why they would be here is that the council planned a cut trough here and to someware.OliverH wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 21:25 Seen these on GSV and wondered why they were here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Woo ... -1.5961186
There also seemed to be poles of a sigh if you go back in time on GSV.
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Yeah I noticed that. In Leeds it's seems incredibly wasteful scrapping SON lanterns that only got 5 or less years use for LED. I saw in one of local rags that the PFI is costing twice as much now because they've had to change the specifications to LED and it's also amongst the most expensive in the country to run. At least in Wakefield they got 15 years out of their SON lanterns. So the current LED upgrade in Wakefield is value for money.Truvelo wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 21:36 There was originally concrete columns mounted on the verges then by 2012 there were new steel columns in the central reservation with SON lanterns. By 2021 these columns had their SON lanterns replaced with LED. This is all too common where the last generation SON lanterns had short lives due to the imminent arrival of LED which was unforeseen in 2010.
Here's the article in question