Street Lighting
The maintenance of street lighting was the subject of contracting in the UK in the 1980s as part of compulsory competitive tendering.
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The Word on the Streetscene: Transforming local neighbourhoods (Web Page) Giorgia Iacopini, 2009 New Local Government Network (NLGN) 'Streetscene' is a term coined to cover a range of core services which affect the daily street environment. These include planning, design, street furniture, streetlighting, parking, traffic management, street cleaning, litter, and green and open spaces.This report argues for a radical rethink of frontline streetscene services. The research, published in assocation with Serco, argues that by adopting street-by-street analysis councils can raise performance. This is a link to the payment page only. ISBN: 978 1 903 447 82 6 UK
4Ps PFI/PPP Operational Project Review 2006: Street Lighting Sector (PDF)
4Ps, 2007
4Ps Street Lighting Procurement Pack (Web Page) 4Ps , 2003 The pack covers the developmental and procurement process for local authorities procuring street lighting through the PFI or a PPP. A case study of the first street lighting PFI project in the UK, in Brent, is included in the Appendices. UK
Local Government Private Finance Initiative for Street Lighting Projects (Web Page) UK Department for Transport, 2003 Details including format of proposals and scope of project for the use of PFI street lighting projects aim for a fast track replacement of rundown lighting columns and the inserting of new columns along with modern lanterns to achieve improved lighting levels, in the early years, to obtain the benefits of better lighting quicker. UK