Street lighting and illuminated traffic signs
We manage and maintain 80,000 street lights and 5,500 illuminated traffic signs on the county's roads.
Report a problem with a street light
Report a street lighting problem
Damaged or faulty street lights can cause serious injury or death and should not be touched or interfered with.
Report a problem with an illuminated road signs
Lights on the A1(M), A66 and A19
These roads are not maintained by us, but by Highways England. Contact Amey RTMC for the A1(M) and A66, and Autolink (01642 560 637) for the A19.
Street lighting standards
On average, over 99% of all street lights in the county are working at any one time. However, faults and damage can occur such as electricity supply interruptions, adverse weather conditions and vandalism. To minimise the risk of problems of going undetected we carry out routine inspections on all of our street lights and illuminated traffic signs.
Street lighting in housing developments and industrial estates have to meet our specification if developers what us to adopt them after they are built.
Street Lighting Specification (PDF, 758.1kb)
Durham Cathedral light replacement
Working in partnership with Durham Cathedral and Thorn Lighting we are replacing the floodlights at Durham Cathedral.
Find out more on how we are improving the lights at the Cathedral at Cathedral lighting upgrade.
- Customer Services
- help@durham.gov.uk
- 03000 26 0000
