In Delémont, the lampposts victims of the “revolt of the celebs” – rts.ch

People put a sticker on the lights the place passers-by can learn: “If you wish to be heat this winter, flip off the lights”. In response, the Delémont Industrial Providers (SID) warned on Tuesday towards practices which might be “harmful and in the end symbolize solely negligible vitality saving potential”.Lampposts within the outdated city of Delémont focused by a revolt of the celebs [Gaël Klein – RTS]

Requested Wednesday in La Matinale, the Head of Industrial Providers, Michel Hirtzlin, additionally specifies that if these lights have been deemed superfluous, they might have been eliminated by his service a very long time in the past. And so as to add: “Many individuals want this public lighting for causes particularly of street security. Additionally it is misplaced working hours for our staff who should put every part again in place”.

Name to purpose

Town of Delémont, which plans to file a criticism, has appealed for purpose to cease this depredation. She remembers {that a} “deep reflection” on public lighting has been carried out for years by the municipal authorities of the Jura capital. With the “Milky Approach” venture, important financial savings have already been made. The extinction of streetlights at evening in sure neighborhoods can also be being studied, specifies Michel Hirtzin.

The evolution had additionally been the topic of the participatory method “La nuit est belle” final yr. “If the lights stay on, it’s as a result of they meet a security requirement, each for pedestrians and for street customers”, recalled the SIDs.

>> See the 7:30 p.m. report

Gaël Klein/hkr (with ats)