Work to begin 'immediately' to repair Derry's broken street lights

Work is to begin "immediately" to repair Derry's broken street lights.

It is estimated there are over 3,000 lights out of order in the city.

The repairs are are result of the Department for Regional Development receiving £5.2 million for street lighting and roads maintenance as part of January monitoring round.

Transport Minister, Danny Kennedy  repairs "will start immediately."

He added: “I asked for street light funding in October and received it in January, now it has been made available street light repairs will be ramped up from today.”