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Flags covering lights on pelican crossing

Reported via desktop in the Street Lighting category anonymously at 13:35, Mon 29 September 2025

Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 8228462.

The racist flags are covering the lights on the pedestrian crossing, causing it to be less visible - please remove them, this is a danger

Updates

  • Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. As you might imagine, we are faced with many locations across the County where flags have been placed on lighting columns without permission, which is contrary to the Highways Act 1980. We are planning to remove all flags placed on lighting columns and in doing so we have to be mindful of both the risk to the public and the personal safety of operatives removing the flags, who may encounter aggressive actions from individuals who do not want to see them taken down. With this in mind, I cannot offer a firm date by when they will be removed, but the process has started. We have already seen many more flags go up by the next day when we have removed them at one location.

    The subject of flags is quite emotive for some people, and we really don’t want to see things escalate. Please be assured that we are trying to work through this as quickly as possible and we may prioritise locations where the nature of the material is more offensive. All we ask is for the public to be patient while we deal with the issue, which has taken up a sizeable amount of Officer and Service Provider time to date.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 14:29, Mon 29 September 2025

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