Traffic lights bill
More than half a million pounds was spent maintaining and powering Leicester's traffic lights in the last financial year.
Latest figures show the upkeep of lights at 478 junctions and crossings cost Leicester City Council £252,244 between the start of April last year and the end of march this year.
The electricity bill for the sites came in at £323,772.18.
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by 4_Stroke
Friday, October 05 2012, 9:16AM
“Leicester has far too many traffic light controlled junctions, and it's getting worse. To have lights on roundabouts that are on 24 hours a day is ridiculous as it contradicts the purpose of roundabouts in the first place. We should follow the example of other countries where some junctions are traffic light controlled at peak times only, the rest of the time they are give-way junctions…… Also has anyone else noticed that when the traffic lights fail, in most cases traffic actually flows better!”