Street lighting faults have again been reported along East Street and in the rear lanes of First, Second and Third Streets in Blackhall Colliery.
There have been a number of long-term issues with street lighting faults in this area over the past year or so, due mainly to major structural problems which are the responsibility of Northern Power Grid (NPG) rather than Durham County Council.
It would appear that the latest outage at this location has been caused inadvertently by NPG who intend to remedy the problem by Wednesday. The update requested from the council is reproduced below:
I have spoken to Street Lighting
with regards to the below. They have explained this is a NPG project and the
company made a mistake last week by disconnecting the old lights before the new
lights were ready to be connected.
The company has promised to go
back on Wednesday of this week and re-connect the old lights as the underground
cable for the new lights are not ready yet. This should resolve the issue until
the new lights are ready.
Unfortunately this is a NPG
project and DCC are not involved in the work that is being carried out.
