Galway City Council has appointed a contractor in conjunction with Electric Skyline to undertake ground works and install a complete new public lighting in Clybaun Heights.
Galway City West and Knocknacarra councillor Donal Lyons said that in mid February, the public lighting had to be turned off in Clybaun Heights due to a serious fault on the network.
“This fault came to notice while the ESB were carrying out a reconnection in the area and ESB personnel noticed high voltage on the network. On investigation Galway City Council identified that it was an issue with the underground cables which had become corroded that was causing the problem,” he said.
Further investigation revealed that the whole public lighting system including the existing light poles in Clybaun Heights would have to be replaced because of new health and safety regulations.
“Since then I have been liaising with Galway City Council, Roads Personnel to put urgent arrangements in place so that the public lighting could be turned back on,” said Cllr Lyons.
“This week works have commenced in laying new ducting, the installation of new public light poles including new electric pillars in the estate. These works will take a number of weeks to complete but is necessary in order for the public lighting to be restored.
“While the works are underway, there may be some minor disruptions, but I have been assured that these will be kept to a minimum.
“Over the past few weeks, I have received a number of representations from residents who were concerned because of the public lighting outage and I want to thank them for their patience in this matter,” he said.
He said that would also like to thank officials at Galway City Council, Roads Personnel for all their help in identifying the problem, and their speedy solution with the appointment of a contractor in conjunction with Electric Skyline to have works undertaken in having the public lighting restored at the earliest opportunity.
