GeoHub NI - Datasets - RS Illuminated Signs
RS_Illuminated_Signs
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Street Lighting
Roads Service is responsible for street lighting on public roads and streets across Northern Ireland.
In April 2007, the number of street lights was just over 261,000.
- Street lights are provided mainly to improve road safety at night, but we know that they also help to reduce crime and the fear of crime, and to enhance the night-time urban environment
- Generally, all roads, car parks and footpaths adopted (owned) by Roads Service in urban areas are lit
- Rural roads are not usually lit unless there is a community of at least 10 houses along a 200-metre stretch, or a history of night-time road collisions
- The street lights in new housing developments are installed by the building developer during construction of the roads
- Roads Service is responsible for maintaining streetlights. On new housing developments, we adopt and maintain the lights after the developer has done the necessary certification of the new system and requested handover to us.
- We inspect street lights at night, every fortnight in winter and every 4 weeks in summer, to identify any that are not working properly
- Our maintenance work is carried out by Roads Service personnel and private contractors
- We aim to have at least 98% of street lights working normally at any one time
- We also aim to repair faults within 10 working days of discovery, unless the fault is due to the electricity supply and repair depends on the response of the supply company
- We have an annual programme of replacing old deteriorating columns
- We spend approximately £17 million per year on electricity charges and maintaining and replacing street lights
- We aim to minimise light pollution and conserve energy by using efficient lanterns for new and replacement lighting schemes.
- Roads Service is not responsible for security lighting to NIHE or housing association houses, or to council parks
Metadata Field Name | Attribute |
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| Title | RS_Illuminated_Signs |
| Alternative Title | ILLUMINATED SIGNS |
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| Abstract | Roads Service is responsible for lighting on public roads and streets across NI. Roads Service provides and maintains lighting to improve safety after dark, this helps reduce crime and enhance the environment for night-time social and commercial activity |
| Topic Category | transportation |
| Subject | Street Lights |
| Dataset Language | English |
| Data Collection Start Date | 2005-01-01 |
| Data Collection End Date | 2009-09-22 |
| Dataset Reference Date | 2009-09-22 |
| Frequency of Update | annually |
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Spatial reference system | Irish Grid |
| North bounding coordinate | 55.26, |
| South bounding coordinate | 54.01, |
| East bounding coordinate | -5.38, |
| West bounding coordinate | -8.18, |
| Extent | Northern Ireland |
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| Data format | MapInfo |
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| Distributor - Contact title | Street Lighting Section |
| Distributor - Name | DRD Roads Service |
| Distributor - Postal address | 10-18 Adelaide Street Belfast BT2 8GB |
| Distributor - Telephone number | 028 9054 0540 |
| Distributor - Facsimilie number | 028 9054 0024 |
| Distributor - Email | roads@drdni.gov.uk |
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| Metadata standard name | UK Gemini |
| Metadata standard version | Version 2.0 |
