Lighting and Communications

General Information on Lighting and Communications

Street lights and weather station communications equipment at Kelso

Contact:

By e-mail: Contact Lighting and Communications
By telephone: St Boswells (01835) 825131
By fax: St Boswells (01835) 825071
By letter: Council HQ, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0SA

Please note that we do not maintain street lights, traffic lights and road signs on trunk roads.

Manager:

Mrs Lisa Chiles

General Service Statistics:

19,598 lighting columns
1,487 illuminated signs and bollards
Around 600Km of underground cables
Energy consumption of approx 6,800,000kW hrs
58 CCTV cameras in 8 towns
Floodlighting for some public buildings & statues together with 3 Abbeys
Lighting for 10 official Christmas trees
15 sets of permanent traffic signals
453 mobile telephones (for departmental communications

Principal Role:

Provision and maintenance of lighting on streets and other public places for the purposes of public safety, road safety and general security. Provision of closed circuit television in town centres for the prevention and detection of crime, operated in partnership with Lothian and Borders Police

Impact on Public Safety:

Street Lighting - Adequate and suitable lighting is essential in public places in times of darkness to provide security for the public and safety on roads and footpaths for travellers

CCTV - Scottish Borders Council owns 8 town centre systems. The Police operate them on the Councils behalf to aid in the prevention and detection of crime.

Festive Lighting - This section is currently responsible only for the dressing of town centre Christmas trees in some towns

Principal Documents:

Principal Legislation:

Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
New Roads & Street Works Act
Traffic Signs Regulations and Directions 2002
IEE Wiring regulations 16th Edition
Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
Electricity at Work Act
Electrical Supply Regulations
ILE Code of Practice for Electrical Safety
CCTV Code of Practice
Data Protection Act
ERG39

Performance Measures

Statutory Performance Indicators:

RL2: Traffic Light Failure

RL3: Street Light Failure

RL4: Street Light column age

Part of Technical Services Division:

Roads and Fleet Management

Head of Service:

Mr Stephen McGuire

Administrative, Professional, Technical & Clerical Employees:

Manual Employees:

Useful Links:

Street Lights, Traffic Lights and Roads Signs
Public Safety

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