{"id":83672,"date":"2017-08-24T10:14:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T10:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9825f87d278ef87479a6bebf55cfa40b"},"modified":"2017-08-24T10:14:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T10:14:55","slug":"press-release-highways-englands-bright-idea-for-motorway-lighting-in-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83672","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Highways England\u2019s bright idea for motorway lighting in Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>In a national first, contractors working for Highways England worked with specialists to adapt technology used for architectural ornamental lighting, such as monuments and halls, for use on motorways and major A roads.<br \/>\n!!n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image embedded\">\n<div class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"M62 J22-J25 LED upgrade Scheme - sodium compared to new LED lights\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/image_data\/file\/66628\/Lighting_Improvement_Work1.jpg\"><\/div><figcaption>M62 J22-J25 LED upgrade Scheme &#8211; sodium compared to new LED lights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The improvement work took place on the M62 near Huddersfield and Halifax (junction 22 to 25), and the M621 near Leeds &#8211; replacing 1,618 street lights with modern efficient LED lighting units.<\/p>\n<p>The new lighting is 53% more efficient saving the equivalent energy of powering the homes of 20,000 people and 389,000 loads of washing.<\/p>\n<p>The project also included upgrading street lighting power supply equipment on both roads and the installation of a remote monitoring system which allows contractors to remotely control the lights.<\/p>\n<p>The newly-installed LED lights require no routine maintenance, which means less disruption for drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England service delivery team leader for Yorkshire and Humber, Mark Ramsden, said;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is a true example of taking innovation from another industry, modifying it for the highways sector, and improving value by locking in safety, customer, cost efficiencies and environment benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We have replaced the conventional lighting with the newly developed lighting to provide bright, effective illumination to highways and road signs \u2013 reducing maintenance and road closures for drivers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h2>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h2>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways England press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highways England has proved it\u2019s switched on to innovative lighting ideas after carrying out a series of improvements which could save more than 700 tonnes of carbon a year \u2013 enough to power 20,000 homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}