The City of Charles Sturt (CCS) are responsible for providing 13,640 Street Lighting Assets across the Council area. CCS are responsible for providing lighting on local roads and share responsibility for lighting on the main road network (arterial roads) with the Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT). Street Lighting Assets ensure main roads, local streets and laneways are lit up, for all users.
The City of Charles Sturt (CCS) operate 2,819 Council owned lighting assets across the Council area.
Public Lighting Assets have a primary function of illumination of public spaces within our city.
They include:
- Street lighting for Main Roads/Arterial Roads
- Street lighting for local streets and car parks
- Reserve lighting assets (generally for transport functions through reserves)
- Sportsground lighting
- Decorative lighting
Levels of Service
The Community Level of Service measures how the customer receives the service and whether value to the customer is provided.
Council's current technical level of service is to aim to keep all Transport Assets at a condition 3 (Fair) or better on average throughout the network.
Conditions are determined as per below:
Condition Grading
1 - Very Good (only planned maintenance required)
2 - Good (minor maintenance required plus planned maintenance)
3 - Fair (significant maintenance and or renewal required)
4 - Poor (significant renewal / rehabilitation required)
5 - Very poor (physically unsound and / or beyond rehabilitation)
Feedback to Date
2020 Community Survey
The community informed us that 65% of residents felt safe at night in their local street and note that public lighting assets play a key role in improving safety in our neighbourhoods at night.
2021 AMP Consultation
80% of the community are satisfied with the lighting in their street or neighbourhood and feel safe at night.
62% of the community are satisfied with the proposed service level in this AMP with the ongoing expectation that Council continue to improve lighting across the City of Charles Sturt through LED technology upgrades and improvements across the entire network.
2023 Community Infrastructure Survey
The community informed us that 77% of people who responded are satisfied with the lighting in their local area.
Overall, it can be observed that the Public Lighting network is in an acceptable condition with 5% of the network below what would typically be considered an acceptable service level.
