Street lights

[Boddle]

Sure there was a thread on this but can?t find it-

Any idea why Bassano Street looks like someone lighting a film set after dusk?? The street lamps are now so bright it looks like daylight. Thankfully we all sleep in rooms in the back of the house but must be awful for those with lamps right outside their window. We are going to have some very confused wildlife.

I appreciate it?s important for safety to have well lit streets but these seem a bit extreme.

[siousxiesue]

A couple in Melbourne Grove are the same. I would be horrified, there's enough artificial light disturbing sleep as it is! Although report a couple of main road lampposts not working and nothing's done..

[gromit316]

why are they using suoer bright white lightbulbs, which hurt your eyes whilst looking at them and actually makes it harder to see , the orange lightbulbs were better

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

They just changed the light outside my house yesterday to the new bright ones. It?s outside my bedroom window too and it?s horrid. It?s so bright. It?s really strange looking outside at night and seeing it so lit up. What was wrong with the old style lights?!

[Spartacus]

Energy efficient LED lights I believe, as a result the light is brighter and starker and it's happening in other boroughs too.

[macutd]

greendale lights aren't working. It's a bit scary going up it after dark

[bobbsy]

I did start a thread about Underhill Road. Far too bright. At night-time, I'd quite like it to feel like night-time!

[jonnywalker]

All changed a while back in Nunhead. Now when our curtains are closed it looks like dawn at 3am.

[Boddle]

There are some health concerns as well it seems

[James Barber]

If new upgraded street lights causing light problems in bedrooms ask your local councillor for a light shield to be added - results in shadow facing bedroom windows.

[Abe_froeman]

I think our local councillors are still in mourning! Dont see much on this forum any more...

[first mate]

I think they prefer to convey or receive information through their preferred channels like their newsletter and email direct to them.

[Abe_froeman]

I think there were only 3 or 4 newsletters, last one i saw was October 2019.

[first mate]

You have to go to the councillor website or sign up for their email delivery, that way they tell you what they are doing. Of course, not much room for open discussion.

[bobbsy]

Could someone advise how I find my local councillors contact details to request this please? DONE

I'd encourage anyone affected to email their local councillors as James suggests above.

[first mate]

Our latest councillor has said he's had problems with emails from here going into spam (think that is what he said) and also that he is very busy. The way to contact him apparently is by emailing him direct- presumably those emails don't go into spam. If you go to the Councillor thread he has his contact details under his name.

[Earl Aelfheah]

On Heber Road, the council installed two lampposts within a foot or two of each other. I was told that the old one was to be removed, but it's never happened. It's opposite two road sign lights. The stretch of road never darkens.

[LEDphobic]

I live on Underhill road and have not been able to sleep in my bedroom since the new streetlights were fitted at the beginning of January. I sleep on my sons floor in the back of our house. I have complained to Southwark and I have written to my councillors and Helen Hayes. I?m still waiting for Southwark to respond. The argument made for the switchover is that the lights will reduce CO2 emissions which is true, but it is equally true that the light heads are angled incorrectly so as to emit excessive glare and light trespass, they are too bright turning night into day, they disrupt bird and insect behaviour, and they interfere with our own circadian rhythm. To preserve our wildlife and our right to night the council could replace the harsh white bulbs with warmer bulbs and significantly dim the lights between midnight and five AM which would protect everyone?s interests.

[bobbsy]

Completely agree

[FallingDownMoment]

James Barber Wrote:

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> If new upgraded street lights causing light

> problems in bedrooms ask your local councillor for

> a light shield to be added - results in shadow

> facing bedroom windows.

Our street already had shields fitted, but they disappeared when the new streetlights were fitted yesterday. Possibly not compatible with the new LED fittings?

A simpler solution would surely be to reduce the output of the lights with timers?

[TreacleRabbit]

There is another thread on this - agree they are too bright!

How do we complain?

[heartblock]

Local councillor plus MP... get a few neighbours to also complain. Otherwise the whole of ED will be lit up like a stadium!

[rob7007]

These LED streetlights emit dangerously high levels of radiation and can be adapted to transmit 5G. We are sadled with this simply because they are lower carbon emission - adopted by councils in response to climate change activism. Edited January 23, 2023 by rob7007

[seenbeen]

rob7007 Wrote:

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> These LED streetlights emit dangerously high

> levels of radiation and can be adapted to transmit

> 5G. We are sadled with this simply because they

> are lower carbon emission - adopted by councils in

> response to climate change activism. Ironically,

> although painful to look at directly, Melbourne

> Grove is now darker. We must resist these

> Orwellian Big Brother changes. The delightful,

> warm orange glow lamps have gone. It really is an

> outrage and I am happy to help arrange a street

> protest or protest outside the Town Hall.

> Melbourne Grove now has the feel of a warehouse

> car park.

> Rob 07963 183311

Too late

https://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/sites/iee-projects/files/projects/documents/e-street_e_street_guide_en.pdf

unless you ask for them to be switched off completely at night....

[Penguin68]

These LED streetlights emit dangerously high levels of radiation and can be adapted to transmit 5G

This is rubbish, and the reference to 5G makes me think it is part of a trolling mythmaking exercise. Why you think a low power source is capable of emitting 'high', indeed 'dangerously high' levels of radiation beats me. The 'lower carbon emission' is because they use less power, which makes them less 'powerful' - or rather power consuming - than sodium lights. The 'radiation' they emit is light, sort-of a necessary requirement for a street light.