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Lambeth Lighting PFI Contract
Presentation to Street Lighting PFI Network Group
01 October 2008
Martin Sachs
Head of Transport and Highways
Lambeth Housing Regeneration and Environment
Martin Sachs
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1970-73 Cambridge University
1973-76 L.B.Havering- Graduate Engineer
1976-2004 L.B. Newham- Various
2004-present L.B. Lambeth- Head of Transport and
Highways
• Since July 2005 Chair of LoTAG Highways Maintenance
Steering Group
L.B.Lambeth
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Largest Inner London Borough
Population 268,550 Area 26.8 sq km
“Capital City”, “Inner City” and suburban areas
Ethnically diverse population
307.2 km of highway
19,000 lighting columns
L. B. Lambeth
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Highly Politically Contested
Swings Against Trend
Was Labour when PFI project began
Was LibDem/Tory when PFI contract let
Since May ’06 “Flagship” Labour authority
Lighting PFI Contract
• 1st December 2005 – 30th November 2030
• Contractor Lambeth Lighting Services- includes
DW Lighting
• Core Investment Programme- first four years
• Borough to reach European Standard 2 by year 4
Sustainability Agenda
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Energy use will increase
But “green energy” is being used
Energy efficiency will be much greater
Light pollution will be down
Safer streets = more sustainable journeys
Problems
• Scope of Contract- Highway, Parks
• Not Housing!
• Heritage areas- resources insufficient even
cover all declared Conservation Areas
• Areas “missed out”
Consultation
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Consultation pre-contract high level
Contract “set in stone”
Little scope for ongoing consultation
Issues of column type (under resourced
heritage issue)
• Column location (e.g. outside windows)
Contractor Installation Problems
• Blocking streets (unofficial “closures”)
• Some “Chapter 8” issues
Power Connection Issues
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Poor Project Management by EDF leading to…
Too many streets opened up at once leading to…
Complaints and Member Enquiries
Contract default payments on LLS
Recovered by LLS from EDF
Power Supply Issues
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Power Supply subcontract of PFI contract
Council can over-ride
Supply subcontract retendered August 08
Price per unit risen from 8p to 12p
T&H Budget hit by £200,000 in 2008-09
CIP Performance
• Contract Completion Required Dec 2009
• Anticipated Completion April 2009
Contract Performance
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Column Outage Times- Target 5 days
LLS performance August 08- 1.17 days
Power Outage Times- Target 25 days
EDF performance August 08- 5.08 days
%age lights not working
Targets Principal Roads 2% Other Roads 2%
Performance August Principal 0.60% Other 0.19%
And finally…………
Pros and Cons
Pros
• “Free money”
• “Rolls Royce” arrangements
• Stability and Clarity
Cons
• Contract set in stone (warts and all)
• Still “expensive” for LBL
• Complications over public communication
Thanks to
Lambeth PFI Monitoring Team