Subway light problem

Updates

• We recognise that communities often wish to express national pride, celebration, or remembrance through the display of flags, decorations, or markings. We appreciate the sentiment behind these gestures, and our standard practice is not to proactively remove such items from highway assets, including street lighting columns, unless they pose a safety concern. For example, repainting of roundabouts will be addressed as part of scheduled maintenance. This approach reflects the need to balance community expression with the practical limitations of our resources and the importance of proportionality in our operations. We do not actively encourage the attachment of items to our infrastructure, but where they do not present a risk, we take a pragmatic and proportionate stance. Our priority remains ensuring the safety and integrity of the highway network, while being mindful of the communities we serve. Therefore, we will only actively seek to remove a flag where there is a safety concern, e.g. where the flag may obstruct a sign, camera or similar attachment already fixed to the column, or a flag becomes damaged. Thank you for reporting this matter.

  State changed to: No further action

  Posted by Lincolnshire County Council at 15:41, Thu 2 October 2025