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Most street lights failed at E end of Millennium Mile, MH

Reported via desktop in the Street lighting category anonymously at 17:23, Wed 27 January 2021

Sent to Leicestershire County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 2505338.

At the East end of the Millennium Mile, Market Harborough: There are 9 street lights between the point where the East end of the Millennium Mile meets St Mary's Road and the East end of Edwin Court. Of these, 7 are not working.

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  • This update in response to the FixMyStreet robot.

    FixMyStreet sends Street Lighting reports to Leicester County Council (LCC). This seems reasonable, since LCC is the highways authority for this area.

    A person at LCC customer services responds, saying that LCC does not maintain these particular lights, and suggests I try Harborough District Council (HDC).

    On the HDC website, the link for reporting street lighting issues goes straight back to the LCC website,

    So I sent a message to HDC customer services. An HDC customer service person responded, saying that HDC maintains one of the failed lamps, but she didn't know who maintained the others.

    I responded, saying I hoped she would be able to find out who is responsible for these lamps, since at the moment the lack of working street lights seems to be encouraging drug dealing and other antisocial activity.

    That was around three weeks ago. I've not heard any more since then.

    Posted anonymously at 18:20, Wed 24 February 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to the FixMyStreet robot.

    There's been some email back-and-forth with the council. But seemingly no progress in identifying the responsible party. Which seems strange, since building the Millennium Mile was one of HDC's flagship projects. So they really should have a record of who maintains the street lighting even if it's not them.

    Posted anonymously at 18:43, Wed 24 March 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    It seems that HDC has made no further progress in working out who is responsible for maintaining these lights. And the one lamp for which HDC accepts responsibility has also not been fixed.

    Posted anonymously at 19:56, Wed 21 April 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

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    This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    HDC has determined that the footpath/boardwalk on which most of these streetlamps are installed is privately owned; thus they are not responsible for maintaining the streetlamps.

    The one lamp for which HDC accepts responsibility has now been fixed.

    Posted anonymously at 22:14, Wed 19 May 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 23:53, Wed 16 June 2021

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 08:59, Thu 15 July 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 09:03, Thu 12 August 2021

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 11:07, Thu 9 September 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 12:11, Thu 7 October 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 22:28, Thu 4 November 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 08:17, Fri 3 December 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 08:54, Fri 31 December 2021
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 10:00, Fri 28 January 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 10:36, Fri 25 February 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 13:05, Fri 25 March 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 13:35, Fri 22 April 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 15:26, Fri 20 May 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • This update in response to a query from the FixMyStreet robot.

    Posted anonymously at 21:39, Fri 17 June 2022
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 22:21, Fri 15 July 2022

  • I just noticed that the three streetlamps at the east end of the boardwalk are working again. So maybe there is hope for the other six as well!

    Posted anonymously at 20:39, Mon 14 November 2022

  • No progress on the remaining non-working streetlamps on the footpath. But three out of four of the lamps in the car park were working this evening. So maybe there is still hope!

    Posted anonymously at 18:37, Thu 26 October 2023

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