- On average, over 98% of all street lights in Newcastle are working correctly at any one time.
- The PFI Contract is managed by a Contract Monitoring Team appointed by Newcastle and North Tyneside Councils. The Team ensure that Southern Electric Contracting repair and maintain the street lights within the required timescales.
- Every three months the Monitoring Team report to the Joint Street Lighting Committee. The links below give details of the lamppost replacement programme and all aspects of maintenance works that are carried out.
Joint Street Lighting Committee Reports 2005/06
Joint Street Lighting Committee Reports 2006/07
Joint Street Lighting Committee Reports 2007/08
At the end of Year 3 of the replacement programme (June 2007) 17,500 new lampposts have been installed as part of the 5 year replacement programme.
These new lampposts have replaced old lampposts and in some instances have been installed in areas such as back lanes and footpaths that have never been lit.
- Customer Satisfaction Surveys showing residents views of street lighting are carried out annually as part of the PFI Contract.
Year 1 - April 2005 (448 kb)
Year 2 - February 2006 (400 kb)
Year 3 - January 2007 (509 kb)