The council previously had a number of small contracts covering issues such as road maintenance and street lighting, and the HESPE contract brought all those elements under one large contract.

BBC: Wallasey Town Hall

During the maintenance three bridges carrying the inner ring road will be refurbished, new lighting will be installed and 600m (1, 968ft) of concrete barriers will be replaced.

BBC: St Alkmund's Way

At the other 40 sites, lights will remain switched off but further improvements to signage, bollards and road markings will be made at several, before the lighting columns are removed.

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Pavements on Dogs Head Street, Falcon Road, Silent Street and Lower Brook Street are being realigned, and lighting and street furniture added.

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This scenario is commonly referred to as 'head-lighting' because it looks like the dark space on the road between the headlights of a car.

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