After six months, the lights finally go out
AN ISLAND community's street lights were left burning day and night for more than six months, waiting for council workers to repair a fault.
The lamps that light up Craighouse, the only big settlement on Jura, stayed on from December until two weeks ago.
Donald Ewen Darroch, the secretary of Jura Community Council, said: "(We] complained about it several times and individuals complained directly to Argyll and Bute Council."
He claimed the situation arose because the council did not have a locally based electrician.
Andy Law, the head of operational services at Argyll and Bute Council, said the council paid Scottish and Southern Energy a fixed rate for electricity, so there would be no extra cost because the lights stayed on so long.
Jim Mather, the energy minister and MSP for Argyll and Bute, said: "This episode is unfortunate, but might end up being very useful as it underpins the need for the public and people in different organisations to work more closely together."
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