Street lights at Kelvinbridge in need of repair

There are street lighting problems on the bridge across the River Kelvin between Lansdowne Church and the Glasgow Academy. Council staff have managed to ensure the bridge remains lit but some of the lamplights are not in working order. The Council has advised that,"This is due to the deterioration of the cabling infrastructure as a result of water ingress and traffic vibration".

Streetlighting at Kelvinbridge requiring repairs to cabling.

To complete the repairs to the cabling, a specific access platform would require to be built and lighting would need to lifted via a crane. This would have to funded from the Council's Lighting Programme and information about funding will not be available until April 2012.