Streetlights out

On Sunday, after a pleasant Father’s Day dinner, I had occasion to drive out from the Gisborne town centre to my home in Patutahi. 

I was amazed to see so many street lights not working along Gladstone Rd. 

Not only were so many just “out”, there was a lot that were desperately trying to turn our streets into a poor man’s discotheque. 

I recall a while back the council explaining in some detail an issue they were having with this very problem. It was explained as being an issue with the warranty on the power supplies from the manufacturer. 

For a while I was pleased to see that they seemed to have mostly got on top of the problem but alas, the eye seems to have been taken away from the issue. 

Would it be too much to ask of our council to  put some concentration into managing their basic and core functions? 

Just a thought — could it be the failed lighting is so we don’t notice the potholes? 

Peter Beck