Derby's Street Lighting PFI Contract - Uttoxeter New Road, City Centre

The existing lighting consisted of the following items in 1997. Following the construction of a new roundabout at the north end of the road in 2010 (in order to facilitate the construction of Derby's Inner Ring Road), some of the items listed on this table had already been removed prior to the commencement of this PFI scheme.

Seq. No.	Lamp Number	Location	Lamp Type	Watt	Isolation Point
1	111281	OS 433	N/A	N/A
2	107101	OPP ROWDITCH AVE	N/A	N/A
3	107102	JNC FP ST WYSTANS	N/A	N/A
4	36259	CNR STAFFORD ST	SXP3	135
5	36260	OPP GT NORTHERN RD	SXPL3	135
6	36261	OPP TRENT BUSES	SXP3	135
7	36262	O/S MOBILE GARAGE	SXPL1	135
8	36263	O/S CROMPTON WEBB	SXP3	135
9	36264	OPP NOS 51/53	SXP3	135
10	36265	OS NO 61	SXP1	135
11	36266	OPP NO 71	SXP3	135
12	36267	OPP NO 81	SXP1	135
13	36268	OS NO 100	SXP1	135
14	36269	CNR PEET ST	SXP1	135
15	36349	OS NO 122	SXP1	135
16	36350	O/S NOS 107/111	SXP1	135
17	36351	O/S NO 136	SXPL1	135
18	36352	OS CEMETERY	SXP1	135	Y
19	36353	OS CEMETERY ST	SXP1	135
20	36354	O/S CEMETERY	SXP1	135
21	36355	OPP BOUNDARY RD	SXP1	135
22	36356	OPP JUNCTION ST	SXP1	135
23	36357	OPP NO 169	SXP1	135	Y
24	36358	OS NO 179	SXPL1	135
25	36359	OPP NO 189	SXP3	135
26	36360	OS NO 197	SXP1	135
27	36361	CNR HOULT STREET	SXP1	135
28	36362	OS ROWDITCH NEWS	SXP1	135
29	36363	OPP ROWDITCH PL	SXPL3	135
30	36364	O/S ROWDITCH SNACK BAR	SXP3	135
31	36365	OPP FAIRMONT AUTOS	SXP3	135
32	36366	CNR LONSDALE PL	SXPL3	135
33	36367	OPP ROWDITCH AV	SXPL1	135	Y
34	36368	OPP BEMROSE SCHOOL	SXP1	135
35	36369	OPP TROWELS LN	SXP3	135
36	36370	OPP TROWELS LN ON CENTRE RES	SXPL3	135
37	36371	1ST PAST TROWELS LN	SXP3	135
38	36372	2ND PAST TROWELS LN	SXP3	135
39	36373	3RD PAST TROWELS LN	SXP3	135
40	36374	OPP ALBANY RD	SXPL3	135
41	36375	OPP ALBANY RD	SXP1	135
42	36376	1 PAST ALBANY RD	SXP3	135
43	36377	2 PAST ALBANY ROAD	SXP1	135
44	36378	3 PAST ALBANY RD	SXP1	135
45	36379	4TH PAST ALBANY RD	SXP3	135
46	36380	3RD FM TRAFFIC LIGHTS	SXP3	135
47	36381	2ND FM TRAFFIC LIGHTS	SXP3	135
48	36382	OPP SHOPS APPROX	SXPL3	135
49	36383	OS 425	SONT	250
50	36384	OS 412	SONT	250
51	36385	OS 429	SONT	250
52	111280	OS 416	SONT	250
53	106391	O/S NOS 107/107A	T	100
54	106392	O/S NO 124	T	100
55	106393	ON L36352	T	60
56	106394	ON L36357	T	60
57	106395	SPLT OPP NO 291	FL	11
58	106396	SPLT OPP NO 291	FL	11
59	106397	SPLT OPP NO 291	FL	11
60	106398	OS BEMROSE SCHOOL	FL	8
61	106399	OS NOS 290/294	FL	8
62	106400	O/S BEMROSE SCHOOL	T	60
63	106401	O/S ARCASET	T	60

The following photographs were taken on Saturday, 19th March 2011. The photographs start on the dual carriageway section of the road, adjacent Albany Road.

Nearly all of the double-armed outgoing installations along this section supported remotely-geared Thorn Alpha 4 135 Watt SOX lanterns. The replacement columns were installed adjacent their outgoing equivalents.

This close-up photograph of one of the lanterns reveals that, although NEMA sockets are fitted (in order to facilitate the connecting of one-part photocell units), the sockets are wired out and plugged. The lanterns must therefore have been group-switched from a central point.

Looking back the other way, towards the Manor Road junction, it can be seen that the replacement columns are taller than the outgoing 10 m columns are. The new columns look to be 12 m in height. A 1990s' episode of "Police, Camera, Action!" featured this section of road in a night-time police pursuit - the Alpha 4s are likely to have still been there back then!

The final twin bracket column in this direction supported two integrally-geared Philips MA 50 135 Watt SOX lanterns. The Philips SGS 204 250 Watt SON lanterns in the background were not replaced as part of this scheme.

Returning to face the other direction, we see that not all of the new columns were installed in the central reservation - at the Trowels Lane junction, the replacements were erected in an "opposite" arrangement.

The left-hand Alpha 4 had lost its bowl; the lamp can just be seen inside the luminaire.

A newer column, also supporting a couple of MA 50s, was the last of the outgoing columns to be installed on the central reservation. From here, both the old and new columns were installed in an opposite configuration.

Looking at this column again from the other direction, we see that work to connect the new columns to the underground electricity supply was already underway.

Integrally-geared Alpha 4s were fitted to nearly all of the next few columns.

Newer columns supporting Holophane Syracuse Medium (QSM) 150 Watt SON-T lanterns broke up the Alpha 4 continuity.

When the traffic signals at the Uttoxeter New Road / Old Road junctions were replaced in the early 2000s, the opportunity was taken for some of the lighting columns to be replaced as well. The installation pictured below is such a replacement.

One of these columns must have had a very short life, as another column supporting a Syracuse Medium existed nearby. The QSM lanterns were briefly used by the City Council in the mid-2000s.

After the crossing is passed, the lighting returned to the older type of column; with Alpha 4s still being used.

Occasional replacements using MA 50s still occurred, however - the third column from the front is such an example.

The Belisha Beacons installed either side of the zebra crossing further down the road had already been replaced prior to the commencement of this scheme.

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