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BARRY residents are calling on the Vale of Glamorgan council to turn streetlights back on at night because of concerns for public safety.<\/span>
\nIn July 2015 the council began\u00a0turning off about 70% of non-LED lighting stock between midnight and 6am to save money and reduce carbon emissions. <\/span>
\nHowever, the people of Blackwell Close are not happy. Lynn Dodds, 55 said: \u201cThe lights should be on. There was no consultation and I signed a petition against it.<\/span>
\n\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of crime around here since the lights were off. Someone has had a window smashed and people\u2019s cars have been damaged. It\u2019s so dark around. As a woman I don\u2019t feel safe walking around here at night.\u201d<\/span>
\nLast summer residents of the close reported about 20 incidents of criminal damage to their cars in one month, said Richard Bertin, councillor for Court Ward.<\/span>
\n\u201cI just hope the council will turn the lights on overnight. They promised it would happen and the police have said it would happen. I will continue to raise the issue,\u201d said Coun Bertin.<\/span>
\nGemma Kitely, 27, and her partner Paul Bailey, 32, said their car was damaged frequently.<\/span>
\n \u201cI was heavily pregnant at the time and it was so stressful,\u201d said Gemma, \u201cWe changed our car five times.<\/span>
\n\u201cEvery single car in the close has had some sort of damage.\u201d<\/span>
\nMr Bailey said: \u201cIt is just concerning. Nothing\u2019s happened for a while but it could happen again and nothing will be done about it. The police didn\u2019t do anything last time.\u201d<\/span>
\nSouth Wales police was contacted for comment but has not responded.<\/span>
\nAnother resident, Daniel Atmore, 26, said: \u201cI had paint tipped over my car. It\u2019s winter now so it\u2019s quietened down, but who is to say that it won\u2019t happen again?\u201d<\/span>
\nJoanne Bryant, 37, said: \u201cI feel unsafe when the lights go out. I went into town on the weekend and when I was walking back home it was pitch black. It was nice seeing the stars. But I had to use the torch on my phone to see where I was going, it was that bad.<\/span>
\n\u201cI understand the council needs to save money and I know it\u2019s good for the environment, but I just hope the lights are turned back on soon.\u201d<\/span>
\nEngineer Simon Nicholas advised Cardiff Council on its LED lighting policy.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cTurning off lights is a knee-jerk reaction<\/span>. <\/span>There\u2019s a lot of propaganda by many local councils that savings can only be made by either switching lights off, or spending huge sums of money on LED lights, otherwise spending on social care will have to be cut.<\/span>
\n\u201cBut Cardiff council are a good example of a sensible approach that doesn\u2019t plunge residents into darkness. If an area has a lot of crime then the council needs to re-evaluate its lighting policy.\u201d<\/span>
\nThe Vale of Glamorgan council was contacted but has not responded.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BARRY residents are calling on the Vale of Glamorgan council to turn streetlights back on at night because of concerns for public safety. In July 2015 the council began\u00a0turning off about 70% of non-LED lighting stock between midnight and 6am to save money and reduce carbon emissions. However, the people of Blackwell Close are not happy. Lynn Dodds, 55 said: \u201cThe lights should be on. 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