Plan To Dim Streetlights Across Harborough Moves Forward

A consultation is to take place with emergency services and residents after the plan to dim streetlights across Harborough moved forward.

The county council wants to reduce lighting levels in Leicestershire to 30% after 8pm, to save more than half-a-million pounds over the next four years.

There are concerns the move could increase safety risks, but Councillor Ozzy O’Shea, cabinet member for highways and transport, is trying to reassure people.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting which agreed to push forward with the plan, he also said the need for such financial savings is because the council is not funded well enough by central government:

Cuts to streetlighting are proposed