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Published:
March 15, 2008
Burnham's
seafront illuminations will be switched back on in May
 Burnham-On-Sea's
seafront illuminations will be switched on for the tourist season
at the beginning of May.
Town
councillors had considered switching them on in time for Easter
but with it falling early this year, the council has delayed the
event.
As clocks change on March 30th, the council would have had to
pay to get the electronic timers on each of the 42 sets of lights
changed twice.
A
town council spokeswoman explained to Burnham-On-Sea.com: "In
order to reduce electricity costs and the costs of altering the
time clocks as daylight hours grow longer, it was agreed that
the lights would not be re-energised until the first May Bank
Holiday weekend."
The
illuminations will be lit from 8.30pm-11.30pm from May until the
first week in January 2009.
The
council is relieved that the lights had managed to escape damage
during last week's powerful storms.
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