A
section of street lighting on the A4 will be upgraded this summer, as
part of Bath & North East Somerset Council's pioneering project to
replace conventional street lights with energy-saving LEDs.
The
improvements are being made to streetlights which are nearing the end
of their working life along a section of the A4 from the Globe
roundabout to the far side of the Corston junction.
The
essential maintenance work has been carefully scheduled to minimise
disruption. It will be carried out over three weeks in the summer
holidays – starting on 5th August – when traffic levels are lower than
normal. The work will be limited to week days and take place between 9am
and 3.30pm to avoid busier periods. All traffic management measures
will be removed outside of these periods.
Councillor Caroline Roberts, Cabinet Member for Transport, said,Buy solarpanelsproducts for
your headlights or fog lights and enjoy the benefits of xenon
headlights. "Bath & North East Somerset Council has carefully
planned this essential maintenance work on the A4 to minimise disruption
to travel. We thank motorists for their patience while the work is
being carried out."
Motorists
are advised that there may be some delays while this work is being
carried out. The A4 is one of the busiest roads in Bath and North East
Somerset and carries in excess of 15,000 vehicle movements a day.
Bath
& North East Somerset Council's LED project won the Public Lighting
category of the Local Government News Street Design Awards 2013. It
involves the replacement of 4,000 conventional street lights with energy
saving LED technology,The gardenlight11 is
specially designed for wind-solar hybrid street light system. cutting
energy use by more than 1.5 million Kilowatt Hours (Kwh). The Council
anticipates making savings of 200,000 per year and, because LED
technology is less costly to maintain, a further 50,000 per year in the
future.We provide ledturninglamp and
engraving machines for processing different materials. Carbon emissions
will be cut by over 780 tonnes, equivalent to 3% of the Council's total
energy consumption.
The
technology includes intelligent lighting which adjusts the power used
by the lanterns according to the amount of the traffic on the road at
any time. LED lights have also replaced conventional lighting on all 108
zebra crossings reducing energy use by another 77,000 Kwh. Similar LED
technology is now being considered for residential streets.
In
another road matter, selectpersons approved a gravel bid notice with
some minor adjustments for the proposed road work the Road Committee
would like to get done on Bowles,I have recently got a t5tubelight and
can anybody tell me if it the box only controls humidity or also
controls temperature. Hahn and Center roads and the eastern end of
Strickland Ferry Road, he said.
The annual road plan calls for soliciting bids to remove large rocks,Our most compact solargardenlightts yet fits easily in any bag. crush the pavement and re-cover with gravel and reclaim.
There
is no guarantee that all of the roads will be done, he said. "Some, all
or none may be selected for improvements, depending on the amounts of
the bids received," he said.
In
other matters, Schaub updated the board on a call he had from a
resident of Tessier Road about a street light that was removed at the
intersection with Crash Road. Voters approved eliminating 42 of its 54
streetlights at the June town meeting. This particular street light was
slated to stay.
Schaub
called Central Maine Power Co. and there was confusion over road names,
he said. CMP had kept the streetlight on Crash Road by an apartment
building instead of removing it. The company will correct the error, he
said. Click on their website www.hmhid.com for more information.
2013年7月31日 星期三
2013年7月11日 星期四
New street lights
Terry Syvertson was presented with a special recognition certificate at the last regular meeting of the city council.
She was honored for her on-going efforts to make sure that every child that wants to swim at the city pool during the summer has the opportunity to do so.
Through her efforts, Syvertson raises funds to pay for child/family tickets to the pool. Her program started back in 1999 when it provided seven single tickets and 25 family tickets so 63 children could pass through the pool doors.
The number of children and families she has helped has risen steadily ever since the beginning.
The council agreed to terms on a contract with the Choteau law firm of Burk, Lee and Bieler,A polished finish in this solaroutdoorlight for men. PLLC of Choteau for legal services for the next two years.
The law firm will be paid $5,000 for their services.
In part, the firm will be responsible for drafting of labor contracts, investigation of document relative to city rights, legal work relative to state and federal grants, defend and advise the city on all civil matters and to defend and represent the city in all criminal prosecution matters.
While the entire firm is being retained,This flatworkironerses set is solar powered and brightens any garden. the law firm has designated Justin Lee as the city attorney.
In other reports, Cheryl Curry of the Regional Port Authority informed the council that a person who appears to be qualified had made an offer on the Brady house. Curry commented, “Along with the bank, we are proceeding through the required documentation and process.”
On a related matter, she said the PA is looking at lots in Conrad to buy for their next housing project.
The Port Authority has been contacted, in regards to business planning assistance for some individuals who want to purchase a local business.
Curry said, “We are working with Rebecca from the Great Falls Small Business Development Center to be able to bring that forward and help put together a financing package when the time is right,” she said.
It was also noted that safe Routes to School project is closing out and the PA is working on the final draw request and project reports which are due in mid-July. Their infrastructure project will not be funded until federal funds are made available, hopefully sometime next summer for construction.
Chief Gary Dent reported that his department received 165 calls in June. In part, there were eight domestic situations, six suspicious persons, three alarms, three businesses left open, four fireworks complains, seven assist to the PCSO and five dogs and one cat in the pound.
Rich Anderson, PWD, reported that repairs on the generator at the water plant were completed.
Former mayor John Shevlin complimented the city on their mosquito control program. He also noted that at the last trap shoot, a urinal became stuck, which will increase their water bill. He would like to get the bill right away.
On a related matter, Shevlin, the Flood Plan Administrator gave a report, noting that because of the New Orleans situation and the hurricane in New York, flood insurance is going to go up. By how much was not known at this time. There is a Flood Plain workshop in Helena on July 22-23. If you would like to attend, call Agnes Fowler for more information at 271-3623.
Bradley Koon of KJL Engineering out of Helena was on hand to talk with the council concerning the new Conrad Pedestrian Lighting project.
The street lights include globe style lights (three) with a high pressure sodium style of lighting which will provide a more yellow/historic look.
The lights will be placed on three to four foot concrete pedestals and will be aligned parallel with the roadway. Electrical outlet and banner attachments will be included (with direction from the Chamber of Commerce) on each pole for Christmas street decorations.
The proposed new lighting system calls for 38 lights to go down 4th Ave. from Virginia to Front Street and on Main Street, from 3rd Ave. SE to the corner of 5th Ave. at Stockman Bank.
The estimated construction cost for all four blocks is $367,000. The construction budget in the provided grant application is $155,000. No action has been taken by the council yet.
In a related matter, the council passed a 10 percent street lighting assessment to be put on the next property tax bill. The assessment passed the council, 4-0. This tax has nothing to do with the decorative street lighting project.
In other business the council voted 4-0 to forgive the PA on a $6,000 revolving business loan.
The council agreed to move ahead with a feasibility study to entice businesses to locate at the new Industrial park, especially looking at a motel, truck stop and eating place. The cost estimate will run from approximately $6,500 to $9,000. The study passed on a 4-0 vote.
In another spending measure, the council agreed, 4-0,Properly placed lampshades can generate electric power anywhere the wind blows steady and strong. to hire the Sullivan Brothers to put in a water line at the new East Industrial Park at a cost of $68,000.
It was announced that the city will not run a primary election,Learn more about our high capacity antiquelampas today! but move on to the general election in November. There are two candidates for mayor, incumbent Wendy Judisch and challenger Ed Gierke.
On the council side, Karla Breding, Drew Lesnik, Ron Widhalm and Daniel Jones are running unopposed.
The city is in “limbo” right now. They have lost their auditor. An RFP, request for professional services, has been sent out. Click on their website www.indoorlite.com for more information.
She was honored for her on-going efforts to make sure that every child that wants to swim at the city pool during the summer has the opportunity to do so.
Through her efforts, Syvertson raises funds to pay for child/family tickets to the pool. Her program started back in 1999 when it provided seven single tickets and 25 family tickets so 63 children could pass through the pool doors.
The number of children and families she has helped has risen steadily ever since the beginning.
The council agreed to terms on a contract with the Choteau law firm of Burk, Lee and Bieler,A polished finish in this solaroutdoorlight for men. PLLC of Choteau for legal services for the next two years.
The law firm will be paid $5,000 for their services.
In part, the firm will be responsible for drafting of labor contracts, investigation of document relative to city rights, legal work relative to state and federal grants, defend and advise the city on all civil matters and to defend and represent the city in all criminal prosecution matters.
While the entire firm is being retained,This flatworkironerses set is solar powered and brightens any garden. the law firm has designated Justin Lee as the city attorney.
In other reports, Cheryl Curry of the Regional Port Authority informed the council that a person who appears to be qualified had made an offer on the Brady house. Curry commented, “Along with the bank, we are proceeding through the required documentation and process.”
On a related matter, she said the PA is looking at lots in Conrad to buy for their next housing project.
The Port Authority has been contacted, in regards to business planning assistance for some individuals who want to purchase a local business.
Curry said, “We are working with Rebecca from the Great Falls Small Business Development Center to be able to bring that forward and help put together a financing package when the time is right,” she said.
It was also noted that safe Routes to School project is closing out and the PA is working on the final draw request and project reports which are due in mid-July. Their infrastructure project will not be funded until federal funds are made available, hopefully sometime next summer for construction.
Chief Gary Dent reported that his department received 165 calls in June. In part, there were eight domestic situations, six suspicious persons, three alarms, three businesses left open, four fireworks complains, seven assist to the PCSO and five dogs and one cat in the pound.
Rich Anderson, PWD, reported that repairs on the generator at the water plant were completed.
Former mayor John Shevlin complimented the city on their mosquito control program. He also noted that at the last trap shoot, a urinal became stuck, which will increase their water bill. He would like to get the bill right away.
On a related matter, Shevlin, the Flood Plan Administrator gave a report, noting that because of the New Orleans situation and the hurricane in New York, flood insurance is going to go up. By how much was not known at this time. There is a Flood Plain workshop in Helena on July 22-23. If you would like to attend, call Agnes Fowler for more information at 271-3623.
Bradley Koon of KJL Engineering out of Helena was on hand to talk with the council concerning the new Conrad Pedestrian Lighting project.
The street lights include globe style lights (three) with a high pressure sodium style of lighting which will provide a more yellow/historic look.
The lights will be placed on three to four foot concrete pedestals and will be aligned parallel with the roadway. Electrical outlet and banner attachments will be included (with direction from the Chamber of Commerce) on each pole for Christmas street decorations.
The proposed new lighting system calls for 38 lights to go down 4th Ave. from Virginia to Front Street and on Main Street, from 3rd Ave. SE to the corner of 5th Ave. at Stockman Bank.
The estimated construction cost for all four blocks is $367,000. The construction budget in the provided grant application is $155,000. No action has been taken by the council yet.
In a related matter, the council passed a 10 percent street lighting assessment to be put on the next property tax bill. The assessment passed the council, 4-0. This tax has nothing to do with the decorative street lighting project.
In other business the council voted 4-0 to forgive the PA on a $6,000 revolving business loan.
The council agreed to move ahead with a feasibility study to entice businesses to locate at the new Industrial park, especially looking at a motel, truck stop and eating place. The cost estimate will run from approximately $6,500 to $9,000. The study passed on a 4-0 vote.
In another spending measure, the council agreed, 4-0,Properly placed lampshades can generate electric power anywhere the wind blows steady and strong. to hire the Sullivan Brothers to put in a water line at the new East Industrial Park at a cost of $68,000.
It was announced that the city will not run a primary election,Learn more about our high capacity antiquelampas today! but move on to the general election in November. There are two candidates for mayor, incumbent Wendy Judisch and challenger Ed Gierke.
On the council side, Karla Breding, Drew Lesnik, Ron Widhalm and Daniel Jones are running unopposed.
The city is in “limbo” right now. They have lost their auditor. An RFP, request for professional services, has been sent out. Click on their website www.indoorlite.com for more information.
2013年5月29日 星期三
First the bribe, then the solar lamps
Shazia
Khan (no relation), an environmental lawyer in Washington, D.C., who
has worked with the Global Environment Facility on energy issues, is
also familiar with the difficulty of doing clean energy business in her
native Pakistan.
After she raised more than $125,000 to purchase and distribute 10,000 solar lanterns in the wake of Pakistan's devastating 2010 floods, Shazia Khan said she found customs officials were perfectly willing to let millions of people suffer in darkness until they got their cut.
Refusing to pay a bribe,Standard seamroofclamp replacement bulbs.Modern leddimmables online for sale. Khan, who said, "I felt like I was in a Kafka trial,With industrial-inspired energymonitor and hanging lamps in a range of sizes and styles." flew back to Pakistan from Washington, where she spent a week going from office to office, crying, threatening and pleading to allow her lanterns through.
Her ordeal finally ended, she said, when the head of customs at Karachi airport decided to sign off on her shipment -- not because he sympathized, but because he was annoyed at having to leave his air-conditioned office.these proven front load commercial industrialextractores deliver ease-of-use, Khan said that despite good work by agencies like the Alternative Energy Development Board, government attempts to spur clean energy have been fragmented at best.
"They always feel they have bigger fish to fry," she said. "What we need is the lighting of a fire, trying to create a business model that works."
Yet in a perverse way, some clean energy leaders say, the government's inability to deliver reliable power to citizens is helping their business. Naghman Khan said he is getting calls nonstop for solar roofs -- and is currently developing an industrial-scale biogas plant in the city of Multan in Punjab province to serve steel and textile mills as well as dairy farms.
"There have been so many power cuts over the last few months. I've just been inundated with homeowners and businesses, and even schools,Protect your vehicle and produce power with a washerextractorrs." he said. "People here are so fed up that they're not even waiting for the government to catch up. They're investing themselves, they're teaming up and arranging the leasing. They're just moving ahead."
Despite the challenges, he said he is optimistic about the future of clean energy development in Pakistan.
"I think the prospects for renewable energy are very bright," he said. "There's a lot of challenges, a lot of obstacles and a lot of frustrations, but there's a lot of genuine people who want things to happen."
Bikash Pandey, director of clean energy at Winrock International, said Pakistan lags in clean energy development compared to neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He blamed a mix of government confusion and intrusion and said successful household renewable energy markets are thriving in places where the government sets rules and provides incentives, but then stays out of the way.
In Bangladesh now, he said, the government provides wholesale microfinance for the household solar system market, which has scaled up to a sale of more than 500,000 systems annually.
"It just goes to show you that if you can align the policies, absolute income is not the major determinant," Pandey said. "Pakistan has quite a large population that could afford these systems, but they don't have the numbers because the government role is not aligned here."
Companies like Khan's, he said, "could be doing a hundred times more business than they're doing now if the government would be clear about the rules."
After she raised more than $125,000 to purchase and distribute 10,000 solar lanterns in the wake of Pakistan's devastating 2010 floods, Shazia Khan said she found customs officials were perfectly willing to let millions of people suffer in darkness until they got their cut.
Refusing to pay a bribe,Standard seamroofclamp replacement bulbs.Modern leddimmables online for sale. Khan, who said, "I felt like I was in a Kafka trial,With industrial-inspired energymonitor and hanging lamps in a range of sizes and styles." flew back to Pakistan from Washington, where she spent a week going from office to office, crying, threatening and pleading to allow her lanterns through.
Her ordeal finally ended, she said, when the head of customs at Karachi airport decided to sign off on her shipment -- not because he sympathized, but because he was annoyed at having to leave his air-conditioned office.these proven front load commercial industrialextractores deliver ease-of-use, Khan said that despite good work by agencies like the Alternative Energy Development Board, government attempts to spur clean energy have been fragmented at best.
"They always feel they have bigger fish to fry," she said. "What we need is the lighting of a fire, trying to create a business model that works."
Yet in a perverse way, some clean energy leaders say, the government's inability to deliver reliable power to citizens is helping their business. Naghman Khan said he is getting calls nonstop for solar roofs -- and is currently developing an industrial-scale biogas plant in the city of Multan in Punjab province to serve steel and textile mills as well as dairy farms.
"There have been so many power cuts over the last few months. I've just been inundated with homeowners and businesses, and even schools,Protect your vehicle and produce power with a washerextractorrs." he said. "People here are so fed up that they're not even waiting for the government to catch up. They're investing themselves, they're teaming up and arranging the leasing. They're just moving ahead."
Despite the challenges, he said he is optimistic about the future of clean energy development in Pakistan.
"I think the prospects for renewable energy are very bright," he said. "There's a lot of challenges, a lot of obstacles and a lot of frustrations, but there's a lot of genuine people who want things to happen."
Bikash Pandey, director of clean energy at Winrock International, said Pakistan lags in clean energy development compared to neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He blamed a mix of government confusion and intrusion and said successful household renewable energy markets are thriving in places where the government sets rules and provides incentives, but then stays out of the way.
In Bangladesh now, he said, the government provides wholesale microfinance for the household solar system market, which has scaled up to a sale of more than 500,000 systems annually.
"It just goes to show you that if you can align the policies, absolute income is not the major determinant," Pandey said. "Pakistan has quite a large population that could afford these systems, but they don't have the numbers because the government role is not aligned here."
Companies like Khan's, he said, "could be doing a hundred times more business than they're doing now if the government would be clear about the rules."
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