Horwood Estate receives £80,000 lighting upgrade

Lighting scheme to deter vandals

An £80,000 lighting upgrade to Horwood, Newcourt and Nordon Houses on Horwood estate is set to finish by the end of March 2009.

The works, funded by the council and carried out by Tower Hamlets Homes, involve the installation of new energy efficient lighting on staircases and outside each residents’ front door. There’s also new floodlighting on the first floor balcony wall; and a number of lighting columns have been installed around the paths and car parks serving the estate.

Lighting projects are about making residents feel safe in their neighbourhoods, as well as helping to deter anti-social behaviour.

Residents at Horwood Estate have told us that even now they are feeling much safer at night and genuinely appreciate how much the extra lighting installed so far has improved the area.

Bethnal Green and South Ward Councillor and Deputy Leader of the council Sirajul Islam recently visited Horwood Estate and said the lighting improvement works so far had made a significant difference to the area.

He said: "In the past when I have visited in the evening the whole area looked dark and gloomy but just recently when I visited, I felt safe and secure talking to residents at 9pm. The residents I spoke to also appreciate the lighting improvements."

23/02/09