"Millions to be spent on energy-saving street lights across Glasgow"

The Highways Industry has shared the news that "millions of pounds is to be spent on the ongoing scheme to replace unpopular sodium lights with white energy saving bulbs.

This week, city councillors will be asked to approve a contract worth almost £2m for the design, delivery and installation of around 3300 LED lights which will replace the orange bulbs in existing lampposts.

They will be connected to a city-wide control system which will be able to alter the brightness of street lights depending on a number of factors including the time of day.

If the contract with electricity firm SSE is approved, it could be extended in future years to provide a further 20,000 white lights, provided money is available.

Councillors will be told the new lights will reduce the city’s carbon footprint and would allow Glasgow to compete with the best cities in the world for investment, business and events."

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