Highways England is set to save more than 700 tonnes of carbon per year after upgrading over 1,600 street lights in West Yorkshire.

Contractors worked along specialists to adapt technology used for architectural ornamental lighting, such as monuments and halls, for use on motorways and major A roads.

Improvement work was carried out on the M62 near Huddersfield and Halifax (junction 22 to 25), and the M621 near Leeds. Overall, a total of 1,618 street lights were replaced with modern efficient LED lighting units.


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.

Highways England service delivery team leader for Yorkshire and Humber, Mark Ramsden, said: "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.

"We have replaced the conventional lighting with the newly developed lighting to provide bright, effective illumination to highways and road signs – reducing maintenance and road closures for drivers."

(LM)