The lights do not need to be near an electricity supply

A grant of �4,345 was made to Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council towards three of the lights at the junction of the B4069 and Bradenstoke Road.

The busy junction was previously unlit and considered particularly unsafe for the elderly residents of Bradenstoke.

A petition of more than 100 names demanding lights at this junction had been sent to the county council.

The new lights have renewable energy lighting units, enabling them to be used at almost any location remote from an electricity supply.

They convert wind power into electrical energy, which is stored in the battery at the base of the column for use as required by the lamp.

The cost of the whole project was �11,039.

"We wanted to try and make the junction safe by installing street lights but the cost of using normal lighting would have been too expensive because the lights are some distance from a normal electricity supply," said Chairman of the Lyneham and Bradenstoke Parish Council, Malcolm Petch.