The Christmas lights will be at the heart of the discussions this Monday evening at the municipal council of Laval. Should we reduce the sails of the City Lights a little? when the government asks everyone to make an effort? In Paris, the Champs-Élysées will be much less brilliant than usual in December, Strasbourg too, despite being renowned for its festive atmosphere.
Everywhere in Mayenne, the municipalities are asking the question. The mayor of Ernée Jacqueline Arcanger concedes it, we will have to rethink the Christmas lights This year. “We can’t not do illuminations, I think. But indeed, on much shorter schedules than in past years. Otherwise, decorations that don’t require energy.”
A more global debate on public lighting
On the Mayenne side, Mayor Jean-Pierre Le Scornet does not imagine many changes, if not perhaps on the duration of the lighting. The city has switched to much less energy-consuming LEDs.
We made very big savings, it doesn’t consume a lot. For us, it’s important to have a lively, joyful city center that smells like the end of the year celebrations, so we don’t want to revisit the device we have planned, which really makes you want to walk around the city center.
Beyond the debate on the Christmas lights, it is the subject of public lighting that is on the table many towns such as Lassay-les-Châteaux. Mayor Jean Raillard wants to find the balance “between safety, comfort and energy savings.”