Upgraded street lighting is coming to Ipswich Waterfront as £2m is set to be invested in the town. 

Current street lights between Albion Wharf and Neptune Marina Apartments will be upgraded as Suffolk County Council has pledged £129,000 to upgrade the lights to new LED lanterns. 

The funding is the first project in the £2m Ipswich investment fund.

The LED lanterns can be remotely monitored and controlled by the county’s central management system and dimmed at pre-determined times to maximise energy savings, whilst ensuring the right light is in the right place, at the right times. 

Councillor Paul West, Suffolk County Council’s cabinet member for Ipswich, operational highways and flooding, said: “The first project from our Ipswich Investment Fund is taking shape, and I look forward to seeing the benefits this project will bring to the town.

“One of the recommendations from the joint Policy Development Panel was to seek out opportunities to improve the look and feel of neighbourhoods and the town centre by creating better lit areas, so I am glad we have been able to do this in a key area accessed by many residents and visitors.

“Our driving force behind this plan have focussed on the council’s key objectives to improve the health and wellbeing of our residents and strengthen our local economy.

“There are a number of other projects which are in development and I look forward to sharing these with the community once they take shape.”