An Abbots Langley campaigner has accused Hertfordshire County Council of “giving up on women’s safety” after they decided to turn almost 1,300 street lights off for part of the night.
Bethany Moxon, a Tanners Wood Lane resident, has previously called for better streetlighting on the street’s footpath, saying that the lights only illuminate the road rather than the footpath.
But, this month, the council confirmed that lights in Abbots Langley, including on Tanners Wood Lane, Oak Green, Shirley Road and Queens Drive, are among those that will now be switched off completely between 1am and 5am.
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Liberal Democrat county councillor for Abbots Langley and executive member for highways, said the move would save the authority £14,000 in yearly energy costs following “£50m of cuts from central government” and have a “meaningful impact” on the environment and the council’s budget.
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