Section E
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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS
Key Policies
The County Council provides and/or maintains lighting: z On major roads and at roundabouts as a safety measure to prevent night-time accidents. z In partnership schemes with Town, Parish and District Councils in areas where there is a fear of crime. z In residential areas where roads and footpaths are adopted by the County Council (except in villages where the Parish Council has a “no lighting policy*”)
* The County Council will respect the wishes of a Parish Council not to provide illumination in its village locations unless lighting is warranted on safety grounds, and there are no cost- effective alternatives.
Standards: z New lighting schemes are designed in accordance with British Standard 5489, taking account of ILE Technical Report No 24 “A Practical Guide to the Development of a Public Lighting Policy for Local Authorities” and the Countryside Commission’s publication “Lighting in the Countryside: towards Good Practice”; to keep energy consumption, lighting pollution and spillage to a minimum. z Maintenance of existing street lights, illuminated signs, illuminated bollards, school signals and zebra beacons is carried out in accordance with the C.S.S ‘Road Lighting Maintenance Code of Good Practice.’
The County Council does not provide and/or maintain lighting: z In private areas such as residents garages, public car parks or roads that have not yet been, or are not going to be, adopted as highway maintainable at the public expense. z If a Parish Council has decided to continue maintaining their own lights (refer 1c). z Where a Parish Council has a policy of no street lighting. Electrical Installations Electrical
E-1 Service Levels
1. Public Lighting
a. Routine Maintenance
z Night-time patrols are carried out for each installation once every two weeks in the winter and once a month in the summer (1 April to 30 September)
z Routine maintenance including cleaning, inspection (electrical and structural), and bulk lamp change to every installation at least once every three years.
z Electrical testing of each installation carried out once every six years.
z The exterior of all illuminated traffic bollards cleaned once a month between September and each year.
z All streetlights or illuminated traffic signs to have sticker attached giving the County Council free-phone fault report line number (sticker scheme to be completed by April 2004).
b. Non Routine Maintenance (Fault Repairs)
z With the exception of those found to be electricity supply failures, all faults to be repaired within five days of receiving the outage report where practicable.
z Any electricity supply failures identified to be reported to the local electricity company within two working days.
z Aim to respond to any reports of a situation where real and imminent danger of electrocution, fire, traffic accident or obstruction of the highway could occur, within two hours of receiving the report.
z Respond to other possible emergencies (such as large groups of outages or other sensitive work) within twenty-four hours.
z Replace any streetlights knocked down in road traffic accidents within 28 days.
z Replace any other seriously damaged structures within approximately 8 weeks.
c. Maintenance by Parish Councils
A number of Parish Councils in Oxfordshire are still responsible for the maintenance of their own street lighting, as they are entitled to remain the lighting authority for “footway” lighting schemes, under the Parish Council Act 1957.
These Parish Councils are:
Beckley Cuddesdon Goring Sonning Common Clifton Hampden Filkins North Leigh Towersey
However, any illuminated traffic signs or bollards in these parishes are the responsibility of the County Council as highway authority (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 1994).
d. Private equipment
No private signs, plates, festive decorations or electrical equipment shall be attached to public lighting equipment, or installed above the highway without the approval of the Street Lighting team.
E-2 2. New Installations and Replacement Schemes
z New lighting schemes are designed to comply with BS5489 using maximum spacings between columns and the lowest wattage lamps possible to keep energy consumption to a minimum.
z Lanterns used are to have good optical control of light to minimise light pollution and spillage, and maximise useful light.
z Light source used is to balance good colour rendition with good energy efficiency to meet specific site requirements. Current standard light source used is high-pressure sodium (SON/T).
z Any schemes for new developments not designed by the County Council shall be approved before installation.
3. Safety and Performance
z All work is carried out to current health and safety legislation.
z All contractors working on public lighting must be technically competent and approved.
z All contractors are monitored and supervised to ensure quality of work, and that performance targets are met.
4. Environmental Objectives
The County Council is committed to:
z Work in partnership with street lighting contractors and equipment manufacturers to limit the impact on the environment by waste produced during their operations.
z Recycling spent lighting elements to reduce the amount of hazardous waste, where technically and financially viable.
z Examining the use of elements which produce hazardous wastes, and assessing the possibilities for using elements which contain less hazardous wastes.
z Reduce the amount of general waste produced by:
Recycling obsolete or old unusable equipment,
Maximising the reuse of usable equipment,
Minimising the packaging arrangements of new equipment,
z Review the general use of resources and the effect on the local environment by:
Encouraging the development and use of lighting systems that have a longer lifetime and reduced energy requirement.
Encouraging the use of control systems to provide energy efficiency when lighting requirements are reduced.
Assessing the effect of new lighting installations on residents and local ecology. Electrical Installations Electrical
E-3 5. Traffic Signals Maintenance
z Full inspection and electrical test of each site annually.
z Clean each lens, and change each lamp, once every six months.
z Provide remote monitoring on signal installations, including Pelican,Toucan and Puffin crossings, to obtain instant information on all types of signal faults
z Urgent faults, and lamp problems, to be attended to on same working day.
z Non urgent faults to be attended to within 7 days.
Please refer to Glossary for description of various types of signalised and non-signalised crossing.
6. Enforcement Camera Housing Maintenance
z Carry out routine maintenance along with structural and electrical testing, of each site annually.
z Respond to any reports of a situation where real and imminent danger of electrocution, fire, traffic accident or obstruction of the highway could occur, within two hours of receiving the report (Street Lighting Contractor).
z Initial attendance to non-urgent faults by enforcement camera contractor within 5 working days.
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7. Subway Pumping Installations
z Full inspection of each installation once every four months.
z Attend to any faults on same day as reported.
8. Parking Ticket Machines
z Carry out structural inspection and electrical test to each point annually. Electrical Installations Electrical
E-5 Parishes whose policy is not to have Street Lighting in village locations
Parish Parish No. Name No. Name
102 Adwell 195 Duns Tew 108 Ardington 198 East Hanney 109 Ardley 200 Eaton Hastings 112 Ashbury 204 Ewelme 113 Asthall 208 Fawler 116 Aston Tirrold 209 Fencott and Murcott 117 Aston Upthorpe 210 Fernham 118 Baldons 211 Fifield 121 Burford St J & St M 214 Finstock 122 Baulking 216 Freeland 127 Berrick Salome 217 Frilford 133 Blenheim 218 Fringford 135 Blewbury 222 Garford 139 Bourton (V) 224 Glympton 140 Brightwell Baldwin 225 Godington 141 Brightwell cum Sotwell 226 Goosey 142 Britwell 228 Goring Heath 144 Broadwell 230 Grafton & Radcot 145 Broughton 231 Great Coxwell 146 Bruern 232 Great Haseley 147 Buckland 234 Great Tew 150 Buscot 240 Hardwick with Tusmore 152 Cassington 241 Hardwick with Telford 157 Charlton on Otmoor 242 Harpsden 158 Charney Bassett 244 Hatford 159 Chastleton 247 Hethe 160 Checkendon 248 Heythrop 163 Chilson 249 Highmoor 170 Claydon with Clattercot 250 Hinton Waldrist 172 Coleshill 252 Holwell 173 Combe 257 Horton cum Studley 174 Compton Beauchamp 258 Idbury 175 Cornbury & Wychood 259 Ipsden 176 Cornwell 261 Kelmscott 177 Cottisford 262 Kencot 178 Crawley 264 Kiddington with Asterleigh 180 Crowell 266 Kidmore End 186 Cuxham with Eastington 269 Kingston Lisle 188 Denchworth 270 Kirtlington 193 Drayton St Leonard 274 Letcombe Bassett
E-6 Parishes whose policy is not to have Street Lighting in village locations
Parish Parish No. Name No. Name
275 Letcombe Regis 356 South Stoke 276 Lew 357 Sparsholt 277 Lewknor 359 Stadhampton 278 Little Coxwell 360 Standlake 279 Little Faringdon 362 Stanton Harcourt 280 Little Milton 363 Stanton St John 282 Little Tew 368 Stoke Row 283 Little Wittenham 369 Stoke Talmage 284 LIttleworth 370 Stonesfield 285 Lockinge 371 Stratton Audley 286 Longcot 372 Sunningwell 290 Lyford 374 Swalcliffe 291 Lyneham 375 Swerford 292 Mapledurham 376 Swinbrook and Widford 296 Middle Aston 377 Swyncombe 300 Milton(C) 378 Sydenham 303 Mixbury 380 Tadmarton 307 Newington 381 Taynton 308 Newton Purcell with Shelswell 382 Tetsworth 309 Noke 384 Thomley 310 North Aston 389 Upton 314 North Moreton 392 Warborough 316 Nuffield 395 Waterperry 317 Nuneham Courtenay 396 Waterstock 318 Oddington 398 Wendlebury 322 Pishill with Stonor 399 West Challow 323 Prescote 401 West Hagbourne 324 Pusey 402 West Hanney 325 Pyrton 403 West Hendred 330 Rotherfield Greys 404 Weston on the Green 331 Rotherfield Peppard 405 Westwell 332 Rousham 406 Wheatfield 336 Sandford St Martin 409 Wigginton 337 Sarsden 412 Woodeaton 338 Shellingford 414 Woolstone 344 Shirburn 417 Worton 348 Sibford Gower 351 Souldern 353 South Leigh 355 South Newington
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