POL-2026-005ClosedAdvisory

Street lighting on residential lanes

Public SafetyCity Corporation — Environment Wingsponsored by R. Biswas, Urban Lighting

The question

Which should be fixed first where the street lighting budget is short: the main roads or the residential lanes?

Responses

  • Residential lanes firstleading4,420 votes
    Option 1 of 349%
  • Main roads first1,980 votes
    Option 2 of 322%
  • Split the budget2,611 votes
    Option 3 of 329%

9,011 responses in total

Why this is being asked

About a fifth of lane lighting in the ward is out at any time. Main roads are lit but many are on older, inefficient lamps that cost more to run. The budget this year does not cover both.

What will be done with the result

The result was passed to the lighting committee with the maintenance backlog. Lane repairs were taken first in the current quarter’s programme.

Record

  1. Poll opened1 Aug 2026
  2. Poll closed1 Sept 2026
  3. Outcome published10 Sept 2026

    Lane repairs taken first in the quarter programme.

Outcome published

Residential lanes were taken first. Repairs to 214 lane lights were completed in the quarter, and the main-road lamp replacement moved to the following year.

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