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Post by vjaska on Jul 15, 2016 2:19:40 GMT
Thursday saw my road converted to LED's & the next road up, St. Matthew's Road converted as well so just about every side road in my area has been done except Josephine Avenue & Helix Gardens which will be done next year as they have replica heritage streetlights which are being retained but modified to LED rather than a full replacement.
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Post by M1104 on Jul 15, 2016 7:48:18 GMT
Thursday saw my road converted to LED's & the next road up, St. Matthew's Road converted as well so just about every side road in my area has been done except Josephine Avenue & Helix Gardens which will be done next year as they have replica heritage streetlights which are being retained but modified to LED rather than a full replacement. Lambeth is stepping up their game lately, somewhat like Wandsworth effectively did from 1988 where they sadly but understandably* replaced most of their concretes by 1990/91. Speaking of that borough i have noticed that Lavender Hill now have the energy savers which i believe are refurbishment rather than totally new lampposts. * - i remember reading in the papers where quite a few lamppost had concrete chipped away around the neck area
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Post by vjaska on Jul 15, 2016 10:48:37 GMT
Thursday saw my road converted to LED's & the next road up, St. Matthew's Road converted as well so just about every side road in my area has been done except Josephine Avenue & Helix Gardens which will be done next year as they have replica heritage streetlights which are being retained but modified to LED rather than a full replacement. Lambeth is stepping up their game lately, somewhat like Wandsworth effectively did from 1988 where they sadly but understandably* replaced most of their concretes by 1990/91. Speaking of that borough i have noticed that Lavender Hill now have the energy savers which i believe are refurbishment rather than totally new lampposts. * - i remember reading in the papers where quite a few lamppost had concrete chipped away around the neck area Like Lavender Hill, ours are just replacing the light as most side road columns in Lambeth were replaced in the 2005 PFI scheme and so are only 11 years old unlike in Streatham where many roads didn't get new columns and so are only getting some now. Windmill Road & Spencer Park also joined Lavender Hill in receiving LED's on existing columns as well within Wandsworth borough.
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Post by vjaska on Jul 18, 2016 1:29:01 GMT
Friday saw Baytree Road, Horsford Road & Trent Road, all off Brixton Hill, switch over to LED's. Torrens Road is also most likely also converted as it runs between two different sections of Horsford Road.
Other ones done but I've forgot to mention earlier on (two weeks ago in fact) were Ferdene Road & Deepdene Road both off Denmark Hill whilst it seems the majority of side roads have switched over in Lambeth North, Vauxhall & Waterloo.
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Post by vjaska on Jul 22, 2016 22:53:48 GMT
Over the last week, the following roads have now been converted to LED's from what I've seen: Back streets in Brixton - Talma Road, Rattray Road, Dalberg Road (non main road section), Bankton Road, Probert Road & Jelf Road Off Brixton Hill - Arodene Road, Fairmount Road, Beechdale Road, Endymion Road, Elm Park, Somers Road, Dumbarton Road & Morrish Road Off Acre Lane - Strathleven Road Off Railton Road & Dulwich Road - Effra Parade Off Kings Avenue - Lyham Road, Rosebery Road & Thornbury Road A large proportion of the northern section of the borough now seems to be done apart from those roads with replica heritage lights, main roads & those roads classified in between a main road & a side road such as New Park Road
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Post by M1104 on Jul 23, 2016 0:02:36 GMT
The modified ones on Streatham High Road from Streatham Hill Station southward remind me of the old lamp posts that were in the Chessington WOA area up til around the early 00s.
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Post by vjaska on Jul 23, 2016 0:45:15 GMT
The modified ones on Streatham High Road from Streatham Hill Station southward remind me of the old lamp posts that were in the Chessington WOA area up til around the early 00s. Believe it or not, all but two of the LED lights along Streatham High Road are on brand new columns - the only two that kept their existing columns is one outside Streatham Station and the one on Leigham Court Road outside Kennedys Fish & Chip shop
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Post by M1104 on Jul 23, 2016 6:07:09 GMT
The modified ones on Streatham High Road from Streatham Hill Station southward remind me of the old lamp posts that were in the Chessington WOA area up til around the early 00s. Believe it or not, all but two of the LED lights along Streatham High Road are on brand new columns - the only two that kept their existing columns is one outside Streatham Station and the one on Leigham Court Road outside Kennedys Fish & Chip shop I must have a close look on them next time. i believe the lamppost a long that section have changed/ altered at least three times since the 1950's concrete versions where replaced.
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Post by M1104 on Aug 8, 2016 20:19:07 GMT
Queenstown Road, Lavender Hill and the Tooting end of Garrett Lane* have been refurbished to energy saving lamps, same with Church Road, Western Road and Meopham Road from within Mitcham. Abbey Road off Merton High Street still have its present lampposts, which include a handful of the mid 70's concrete lamps in original specs. The adjoining roads have now lost all their concretes.
* - not sure if the whole of Garratt Lane has been done as I only viewed it from the main Junction at Tooting Broadway.
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Post by snowman on Nov 2, 2016 16:41:09 GMT
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Post by john on Nov 2, 2016 23:32:37 GMT
About bloody time!!! Have to admit they have a noticeable difference when driving through Havering and then you're in B&D and some knob jumps out in front of you. You can't see them because they're in all black and the.lights are useless
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Post by vjaska on Nov 3, 2016 1:18:35 GMT
About bloody time!!! Have to admit they have a noticeable difference when driving through Havering and then you're in B&D and some knob jumps out in front of you. You can't see them because they're in all black and the.lights are useless To be fair to Barking & Dagenham, a few years ago, they changed their main road lights from their collection of Philips SGS203's, GEC Z8600's & remaining SOX lighting (think it was Philips MA60's) to new Urbis Evolos with strong white bulbs. I expect the main roads to be left out of the LED conversion which has already started on the side roads over the last few months. At the moment, the only London council who doesn't seem interested in LED's is Brent with pretty much everyone else having began to switch over. I was sad about Havering's LED conversion as it meant lots of Philips MA60's as well as the now rare Eleco GR305/6 & Thorn Alpha 4 being consigned to the skip although one Philips MA60 has survived opposite Queens Hospital which makes me happy
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Post by M1104 on Jan 2, 2017 17:08:29 GMT
Palmerston Road and/or Russell Road* SW19 have had their late '60s/early 70s street lights refurbished with a new neck and energy saver lamp units. Parallel Gladstone Road still have their original lamps, baring any isolated examples that may have been upgraded or replaced due to fault/damage. Had briefly noticed the observations from the Kingston Road end of these roads on the 152.
* - side road at Wimbledon theatre
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Post by vjaska on Jan 4, 2017 3:10:03 GMT
Palmerston Road and/or Russell Road* SW19 have had their late '60s/early 70s street lights refurbished with a new neck and energy saver lamp units. Parallel Gladstone Road still have their original lamps, baring any isolated examples that may have been upgraded or replaced due to fault/damage. Had briefly noticed the observations from the Kingston Road end of these roads on the 152. * - side road at Wimbledon theatre I travelled through the borough of Merton a few times recently and was pleased to see the SOX lighting in the Wimbledon & Raynes Park areas still going strong but having read what you posted, I'm saddened that they're seemingly finally being replaced. Google Streetview already shows Russell Road's LED's but haven't updated Palmerston Road. I also noted another observation to do with Merton's main road lights which I shall mention in a separate post
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Post by vjaska on Jan 4, 2017 3:44:13 GMT
Sorry for severe lack of updates - here's a few notable things that have happened since last time: Lambeth - The LED program in Lambeth is motoring along nicely, in fact I believe they are a tad ahead of schedule. All minor side roads owned by the council have been converted using Phosco P582 LED's although there have ended up a few variations: 1) columns installed during the 2005 PFI scheme were obviously kept and the P582's simply slotted onto it 2) a large number of columns installed in the 1990's in the Streatham Hill & Streatham areas were replaced and a new column fitted with P582's installed instead 3) columns installed in the early 2000's were kept and the P582's slotted onto the bracket which was kept 4) a fairly sized group of the columns installed in the 1990's have been kept and the P582's have simply slotted onto it - even the brackets have remained I can only imagine that point 4 must of arose due to running out of money otherwise why keep a sizeable group of 1990's columns when identical ones have been replaced. Anyway, the pathways are currently being fitted with P582's as well and Ambleside Avenue is the second main road to receive LED's after Streatham High Road as part of the scheme. Also, the heritage lights on Josephine Avenue just off Brixton Hill have had been modified to LED bar one that was somehow missed out but nearby Helix Gardens heritage lights remain SON lit. Havering - Havering pretty much cleared out their main road assortment using Thorn R2L2 LED's with just isolated examples left such as a Philips MA60 by Queens Hospital. Meanwhile, the side roads are slowly having their lights replaced with Thorn Oxane LED's as I was told from a local bus enthusiast in Havering that the existing lights that were fitted only a few years ago have proven quite unreliable. Wandsworth - Wandsworth's LED program has begun with the main roads - Queenstown Road, Lavender Hill, Windmill Drive, Garratt Lane, etc, have switched over to Urbis Ampera LED's and unlike Sutton's main road LED conversions which look quite cheap, Wandsworth have made an effort installing new green necks to match the colour of the existing columns. Merton - Whilst travelling through the borough recently, I've noticed that many of the existing Urbis ZX3's on the main roads have been modified to LED's rather than replaced - it'd be interesting to know if it's cheaper that way than ordering brand new LED's. So far, it seems nearly every London borough has got LED's among their ranks - from memory, I believe Brent & Enfield are the only boroughs to have no LED's (the North Circular & the Great Cambridge Road within London don't count as it's managed by TfL and not the councils). Kingston has some LED's recently installed but they are only in the Old Town area where the pedestrianized section is. Of course, corrections are welcome as things can quickly change
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