Lights go out on Paris motorways

02 Jun, 2010

Streetlights are to be extinguished on 130 km of motorway and main roads in the Paris region. The first road to go dark is the western section of the A86, between the A15 and A14, and 10 other stretches of road will have their lights extinguished by the summer.

The official line is that the move will reduce light pollution and energy consumption, cutting the authorities