As you may have read in the local press, Norfolk County Council are planning to save money in future by switching off some street lighting between the hours of midnight to 5am. They aim to complete the project by around the end of 2012 and are due to make the final decision by 25th Jan this year. The scheme will cost £274,000 during the next three years but is then projected to save £167,000 a year.

Here is a list of roads included in the project for Fakenham if the idea goes ahead as planned. Next to each road name is the number of the street light which is to be affected so you can check for yourself. The full list for Norfolk is available on the EDP website.

Arthur Road 001716 ; Baron’s Close 001719 ; Barons Hall Lane 001720
Bracken Close 001722 ; Bramble Court 001723 ; Bridge Street 001724
Bridges Walk 005894 ; Charles Road 001728 ; Clover Way 001732
Copperbeech Close 001733 ; Dairy Farm Close 001738 ; Eckersley Drive 001739
Edinburgh Drive 001740 ; Elizabeth Avenue 001741 ; Fayre Green 001745
Foxglove Close 001747 ; Gorse Close 001750 ; Great Eastern Way 001751
Green Court 001752 ; Gwyn Crescent 001755 ; Hall Close 001756
Heron Close 001759 ; Holt Road 001762 ; John Chapman Close 001763
Kingfisher Close 001764 ; Mallard Close 007742 ; Massey Court 001767
Meadow Court 001768 ; Nightingale Close 001771 ; Norman Close 001772
Norwich Road 001773 ; Oak Street 001776 ; Old Post Office Street 001779
Olivia Close 001780 ; Paddock Close 001783 ; Plantation Road 001785
Queens Road 001786 ; Riverview Court 001787 ; Rowan Way 001789
Salmons Way 001794 ; Searle Close 0017973 ; Sedge Close 001798
Shelldrake Close 001799 ; Smiths Lane 001800 ; Southgate Drive 001802
Station Close 015680 ; The Drift 001804 ; The Lawns 001806
The Ridings 001807 ; Townshend Green East 001809 ; Townshend Green North 001810
Townshend Green West 001811 [ Valley Way 001814 ; Warren Avenue 001815
Wells Road 001816 ; Wensum Way 001817 ; Wigg Road 001819

Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited is keen to hear the views of the local community about the onshore elements of this project and has arranged three public exhibitions where members of the public will have the opportunity to ask questions and to learn about the Dudgeon project in more detail. Exhibitions are planned as follows:

 • Tuesday 17th November 2009, Fakenham Parish Church, 1pm – 8pm
• Wednesday 18th Nov. 2009, Necton Rural Community Centre (Village Hall), 12am – 7pm
• Thursday 19th November 2009, Holt Community Centre, 1pm – 8pm

 The exhibitions will be manned by key members of the project team and will include displays providing detail on the Dudgeon project and the associated engineering and environmental studies being undertaken for the development.

Here’s a thought-provoking question from a book released today - David JC MacKay’s “Sustainable Energy – without the hot air”. It refers to a quote by Sir David A. King, who was chief scientific adviser to Blair and Brown’s government.

If climate change is “a greater threat than terrorism,” should governments criminalize “the glorification of travel” and pass laws against “advocating acts of consumption”?

Here’s another gem of a question posed in the book:

Climate modelling is difficult and is dogged by uncertainties. But uncertainty about exactly how the climate will respond to extra greenhouse gases is no justification for inaction. If you were riding a fast-moving motorcycle in fog near a cliff-edge, and you didn’t have a good map of the cliff, would the lack of a map justify not slowing the bike down?