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| Pembrokeshire is to decide whether to become the second county in Wales to switch off non-essential street lights after midnight to save on energy bills. | |
| The county council's cabinet is being asked to back the move that would save an estimated £213,000 a year. | The county council's cabinet is being asked to back the move that would save an estimated £213,000 a year. |
| Last month Powys began extinguishing 9,380 of its 14,000 lamps but the decision has proved controversial. | Last month Powys began extinguishing 9,380 of its 14,000 lamps but the decision has proved controversial. |
| If Pembrokeshire follows suit some of its street lamps would be dimmed between midnight and 0530. | If Pembrokeshire follows suit some of its street lamps would be dimmed between midnight and 0530. |
| Town centres and areas covered by CCTV, pedestrian crossings and trunk roads would not be affected. | Town centres and areas covered by CCTV, pedestrian crossings and trunk roads would not be affected. |
| Council engineers estimated it would take two years to install programmable photocells to allow the lights to go out at the set times but after that there would be an annual saving of £213,315. | Council engineers estimated it would take two years to install programmable photocells to allow the lights to go out at the set times but after that there would be an annual saving of £213,315. |
| A campaign has been launched in Powys calling for lights to be left on in crime "hotspot" areas. | A campaign has been launched in Powys calling for lights to be left on in crime "hotspot" areas. |
| Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik criticised the switch-off, saying it would plunge the county into "18th Century blackness." | Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik criticised the switch-off, saying it would plunge the county into "18th Century blackness." |
| But a number of other local authorities in Wales are also considering the move. | But a number of other local authorities in Wales are also considering the move. |