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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Busy road set to close for four weeks
A four-week road closure has been announced on a busy road in Otterbourne. Boyatt Lane, between its junctions with Otterbourne Hill and Chapel Lane, will be closed from May 19 to allow high-voltage overlay works to take place. The closure will remain in place for 24 hours a day throughout the four-week period, with work taking place between 8am and 5pm. The order allows for the works to be carried out at any time during the six-month period, but the works are expected to be completed within four weeks. The closure has been granted by Hampshire County Council to allow Enerveo to carry out the works. An alternative route will be in place via Otterbourne Hill, Winchester Road, A335, B3335, Pitmore Road and Boyatt Lane. Enerveo has said it will provide reasonable facilities to allow access to adjacent premises and will give notice to those directly affected. To view the full public notice, go to Anyone with queries about the works can contact nrswa@ Telephone enquiries can be made to Hampshire County Council, Roads and Transport, on 0300 555 1388.
BBC News
17-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Change streetlights to improve health, Dorset Council told
Changes to streetlights could save money and make life healthier, councillors have been Dr Gavin Ryder submitted a paper to Dorset Council arguing that the county's streetlighting policy could be improved for people, plants and said choosing the right kind and level of light would minimise disruption to people's sleep patterns, as well as lead to financial of highways, Jack Wiltshire, told a Place and Resources Overview committee meeting that changes were already being made to many streetlights in Dorset. He said a programme was running to replace many of the amber-tinged sodium lights to "cold" LED bulbs, resulting in a 60% energy Wiltshire also said the council was aware of the impact of lighting on nature, with research showing that bats could be disrupted by certain types of plants could also be confused into shedding leaves earlier than usual, while warmer colour temperature lights were considered better for nature, he heard that Dorset's streetlights are provided under a 25-year private finance initiative through a company called Enerveo, which is due to expire in 2032, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. A six-week public consultation is to be held to seek the views of residents on a new county-wide streetlight policy, with a final paper expected to come before an autumn cabinet Belinda Bawden told the committee that she received quite a lot of complaints about the new, brighter lights where they had been fitted council previously heard from Swanage residents living near the Durlston Country Park complaining about the brightness of lights that had been replaced in that area. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
