New lights at Manningtree cause more light pollution than the rest of the town combined, a group says.
Astronomer Mike Bartlett said there was "a forest of lights" and when they were on, it was "as bright as daylight"New car park lighting at a railway station, which is "as bright as daylight", is causing more light pollution than the whole of the town it serves combined, campaigners have said.
The Dedham Vale Society wants Tendring District Council to take action against rail operator Greater Anglia over the new lights at Manningtree in Essex.The rail firm said there had been no "formal complaints" about the lights. The society said research by local astronomer Mike Bartlett, from Polstead in Suffolk, showed the station car park development emitted two or three times more light pollution than the whole of Manningtree.Image source,Mr Bartlett said there was "a forest of lights" and when they were on, it was "as bright as daylight".
It said the tall columns should be replaced with bollard lighting that was "appropriate to an ecologically-sensitive area". The group has also campaigned against a wall at the station, which chairman Charles Clover said was also an "eyesore".
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