Council to install LED streetlights across Wrexham to help cut carbon emissions and reduce energy costs

Thousands of street lights across the county borough are set to be replaced by modern LED lighting as part of an ambitious council programme.

Over 10,200 units will be replaced over the next two years to help reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

Wrexham Council says it will be replacing the street lights owned by the local authority and behalf of some communities. Street lighting owned and maintained by local community councils will not be replaced as part of the two year programme.

Cllr David A Bithell, Lead Member for Environment and Transport, said: “We hope to complete the works within two years which means we can start to take advantage of the energy savings as early as possible.

“There’s also the welcome reduction in carbon emissions which is an important part of our commitment to improve the quality of the environment in Wrexham and Wales.”

The works will be funded by an £1.5 million interest free loan from Salix – which provides funding to the public sector to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills.

To help support the roll out of LED street lighting the council has committed capital funding to the value of £600,000 as part of its on-going programme of works to reduce carbon emissions.

In July 2018 Wrexham.com reported that the local authority had outlined its plans to reduce its carbon footprint and make the county borough greener.

This included the installation of new street lights in the town and the installation of electric car charging points in several of its car parks.

You can read more about Salix and how they work with Local Authorities in Wales to reduce carbon emissions here.