HOW long does it take after reporting a bulb going out on a street in Limerick to have a replacement put in?
This was the question asked by Fianna Fáil councillor Catherine Slattery at November’s full meeting of Limerick City and County Council.
The City East representative was reminded that the local authority entered into a new public lighting maintenance contract with Electric Skyline Ltd (ESL) in October. Interim cover, she was informed, was in place between July 24 and November 1 last to deal with emergencies and major outages as they arose.
Limerick City and County Council said it is aware of a backlog of public lighting faults which have built up in that time and is working with ESL to clear this backlog.
“We are aiming to have this backlog under control by mid-December and ESL have provided additional resources to assist in this target,” a Council spokesperson said.
“Once this backlog is under control, we will be implementing the performance criteria which is outlined within the contract where ESL have 10 working days to repair a reported fault.
“If the fault is not repaired in 10 working days, ESL shall incur a penalty where the repair is within their control.”
