Here’s some illuminating news: street lights along the new Sneydes Road interchange are now on.
A Powercor spokeswoman confirmed that all the street lights constructed and installed by Downer EDI were switched on in early February, more than three months after the $71 million Sneydes Road interchange works were completed.
The push to turn the lights on came after Tarneit resident Alan Riches struggled to see where he was driving when he used the interchange to get from his daughter’s Point Cook home to his Tarneit property.
“It was pouring rain, pitch black, and coming up over the bridge on Sneydes Road heading towards Werribee, there were oncoming cars – some of them had their headlights on high-beam – and, with the reflection … I nearly ran off the road,” he said.
The Powercor spokeswoman told Star Weekly responsibility for turning the lights on rested with Downer EDI, which was working through “some specifications” to do with the street lights.
This had since been sorted.
The spokeswoman said another 30 light poles, constructed and installed by Grid Light and Power, would soon be connected following an audit last week.
“Following a successful audit, Grid Light and Power will be able to lodge a request to connect, which enables our team to connect and commission the street lights.”
