Burnham councillors proceed with £20,000 seafront lights scheme

Published: June 6, 2007
Burnham councillors proceed with £20,000 seafront lights scheme

Burnham-On-Sea town councillors this week voted in favour of proceeding with a £20,000 project to replace the town's storm-damaged seafront lights.

Burnham-On-Sea.com reported in January how dozens of the lights, pictured, had been damaged during powerful 75mph storms.

The proposal to replace them was voted on at the council meeting on Monday (June 6th) when 14 were in favour and three were against.

The council is therefore to proceed with the purchase of 90 new decorative illuminations from Gala Lights.

But the scheme did not win unanimous backing, though, with Cllr Mike Mansfield questioning the high expense.

"I think we should reconsider whether we need any decorative lights at all," he said. "The winds here in Burnham will be just as strong again at some point in the future and there will be a risk of them being damaged again. I definitely don't approve buying new ones."