New energy-saving traffic lights are to be used throughout South Gloucestershire after a successful trial in Bradley Stoke.
The new environmentally-friendly lights were used between Vantage Business Park, Winterbourne Road and Old Gloucester Road following the junction’s recent revamp.
The council now says they will be used at other junctions including the A38/B4509 Falfield junction and Shorthill Road crossroads in Westerleigh.
They will eventually be used at all traffic signals in the district.
Councillor Brian Allinson, executive member for planning, transportation and the strategic environment, said: “We are committed to making changes that have a positive impact on the environment, and that reduce costs to the council.
“By using these traffic signals we can reduce the council’s carbon footprint and make huge savings for the council.”
5 responses so far ↓
1 Mike // Jul 8, 2008 at 1:50 pm
What makes them energy-saving?
2 Chris (editor) // Jul 8, 2008 at 1:52 pm
I can answer that, as resident traffic light expert … honest.
They run on 48v rather than 60v …
3 Mike // Jul 8, 2008 at 4:17 pm
0000 I thought it was going to be something technical like part solar, part electric…
4 Bert Hindle // Jul 9, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Mike - they are LED-based rather than incandescent bulbs. They’re quite odd to look at when they change because they don’t have that quick fade in/out like normal traffic lights - they just switch on and off immediately. They’re also much more intense than old-style traffic lights.
5 Ian // Jul 12, 2008 at 10:41 pm
They are better also because LEDs have a longer life, and the light is made up of many LEDs, so when one blows, the light still functions as expected.
As a note, 48v rather than 60v could be more, less or the same efficiency in itself - it’s the power used that matters (volts times current per second).
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