'Pedestrian-only' lights trialled to help save energy

'PEDESTRIAN-ONLY' lights are set to be switched on in an East Yorkshire village in a trial forming part of a wider energy-saving project in the region.

- By ANDREW SPENCE

Lillian Greenwood, who is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State and Minister for the Future of Roads at the Department for Transport, praised the scheme after receiving a guided tour of one of the sites of the East Riding Council street lights trial in Hayton, near Pocklington.

The lamps have been installed over footpaths in the village to replace the larger nearby lights that run along the main road. They are set to be switched on later this month.

The council was awarded £3.3m to study more environmentally friendly ways of lighting main roads in the future, as it is expected that more efficient headlights on modern cars will make some existing road lighting redundant.