Request ID: FOI-4809-2324 Date published: 23 April 2024
You asked
A2 Eltham Intermittent Street Lighting
I would like to know why the road street lighting on the A2 dual-carriageway is intermittent and a number of lamp posts have been removed and had tape over them since 2015. As a higher-risk road on London's Road Network, it would make sense to have street lighting.
If the lighting has been removed intentionally I would like to know the health and safety risk assessment that was undertaken to determine this and the outcome of it.
We answered
TfL Ref: 4809-2324
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 29 March 2024 asking for information about A2 Eltham Intermittent Street Lighting.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You specifically asked: I would like to know why the road street lighting on the A2 dual-carriageway is intermittent and a number of lamp posts have been removed and had tape over them since 2015. As a higher-risk road on London's Road Network, it would make sense to have street lighting. If the lighting has been removed intentionally I would like to know the health and safety risk assessment that was undertaken to determine this and the outcome of it.
Unfortunately some of the lamp columns failed structural tests and were therefore cut down to remove the risk of them falling and causing harm to the public. We do not hold a specific risk assessment that we have carried out however, we have attached a document which covers TfL’s health and safety risk based approach for Managing Intermittent Street Lighting Levels Caused by Localised Asset Removal’ which was followed.
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Sara Thomas FOI Case Management Team General Counsel Transport for London
