In the coming months, work will begin to replace all of Liverpool's street lights with new LED lights.

According to the Liverpool Express, the Council has decided to change the current, old 'orange' sodium lights to LED lighting to reduce its carbon footprint and energy usage, in its drive to make Liverpool a greener city.

LED lighting has been found to produce a whiter, clearer light which is more consistent and improves the lighting over the traditional 'orange' lights. This helps with visibility at night and leads to a public feeling of increased safety locally.

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Approximately £2.6m is spent by Liverpool City Council per annum on the energy costs associated with running the 57,000 street lights and illuminated signs and bollards across the city. The upkeep of old street lighting is costly both in terms of energy consumption and ongoing maintenance costs, and this is money that could be invested elsewhere.

The LED street lighting programme will be completed in phases over the next two years as part of a £7m investment into the project. Phase one will begin in June 2014 and will see 12,000 street lights fitted with the new LED lights.

Liverpool City Council is working with Amey, who deliver highways and street cleansing services across the city, to roll out the new LED street lighting.

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