New lighting considered for Shrewsbury's Quarry park

Shrewsbury Town Council is currently looking putting in solar lighting on Victoria Avenue, which stretches along the riverbank through the Quarry.

Councillor Alan Mosley, leader of the council, said the authority had looked at installing lights which would run off mains electricity but that the project would have been too costly because of resurfacing work that would have been required.

The project could have cost around £500,000.

Instead council officers are investigating types of solar-powered lights to use along the path.

Replacement uplighters for Gloucester Avenue in the park have been approved by the council.

Councillor Mosley said: "We have got to replace the uplighters on Gloucester Avenue, that is something we are going ahead with. The other is we want to look at the potential for lighting Victoria Avenue.

"Unfortunately for engineering reasons putting in full blown lighting would be prohibitively expensive so we are going to look at the potential of putting in solar powered lighting.

"We are looking at a number of proposals, how reliable they are and the cost of installing them.

"We hope we will be able to find a solution in that direction."

Councillor Mosley said the lighting would be of a huge benefit to one of Shrewsbury's most popular locations.

He said: "That route is very well used by pedestrians, dog walkers, and cyclists, and in parts it is very dark in the evenings and we feel it would make a much more pleasant setting if we were able to put some more appropriate lighting in."