Let there be light!
A Maghera woman believes oil thieves operating in the area could have been caught if street lights had been implemented in a residential area.
By Orla McNicholl
The angry resident, who lives in Rowan Glynns housing estate, contacted the County Derry Post to voice her concerns after oil thieves struck twice in recent weeks.
She said: “Two people living in this estate have lost oil, and this may not have happened if street lights were in place.
“This estate is a bloody disgrace, most of these houses are here eight years and still we have no lights.”
The housing estate which incorporates around 70 homes was developed by FP McCann, and residents say they are frustrated at having to wait so long for street lighting to be implemented.
“I don’t know what the problem is, the poles for the lights have been put up before Easter, but work on the lighting seems to have stopped,” she continued.
The Maghera woman said, that in one of the incidents were oil was stolen, it took the police over one and a half hours to come out to the house even though they received reports of a van acting suspiciously in the area.
She said: “It happened at around 11.30pm and I believe that if there had been street lights in place, someone would have at least seen a number plate which they could have reported to police.”
A spokesperson for the Department for Regional Development said: “This is not adopted by the Road Service, it is the responsibility of the Developer.”
No one from FP McCann was available for comment at the time of going to press.
