Light up a village for 15 pence a day
As a result of rising energy prices during 2008, several cities and villages throughout Wales have been turning off the street lights to save money. However, the Powy council agreed to turn the street lights back on because a citizen of Llangynog offered to pay for the lights from December to April. Expensive? No, not really. The price is £ 295 for all four months.
That means that the village of Llangynog, which lies at the foot of the Berwyn Mountain Range in Powys, Wales, is being lit up for 15 p per day. The BBC article does not report how many street lights there are in Llangynog, but the small farming community of about 250 people indicates that the number of street light poles is probably limited. Read more here.
At StreetLightNews we simply conclude that this is yet another alternative in terms of operating street lights as energy prices continue to rise.