RESIDENTS living near one of the city's busiest road junctions say they have been left in the dark by a street light failure.
The row of lights on the south side of Hall Road, in north Hull, first went out in early August.
The fault has also included an illuminated speed warning sign and lighting on a pedestrian zebra crossing near the main entrance to the nearby Tesco supermarket.
Since the lights have been out, at least one serious burglary has occurred in the area.
In addition, youths driving customised cars have started to gather at night in the nearby Tesco car park, which would normally be lit up by the street lights.
Vicky Butler, who lives in The Queensway, off Hall Road, said: "I first noticed the lights were out at the beginning of the month.
"I just assumed they would be repaired because it's such a busy road and you see council vehicles going up and down here all the time."
She said she first reported the fault to the council on August 14 after visiting the highways section's office in the city centre.
With the lights still out, she followed that up with a call to a council officer five days later before making a formal report through the council's 300300 service 24 hours later.
Engineers from the council's street lighting contractor KWL finally arrived on site last week.
However, no progress was made over the bank holiday weekend and all the lights were still out yesterday.
KWL says the problem is a cable fault, which will require excavation works to be carried out at th site.
But Mrs Butler is not impressed by the council's response.
She said: "I could have understood if it had been a couple of lights in a cul-de-sac or in the middle of an estate but we are talking about one of the busiest roads in the city with a junction into Beverley Road and another into Tesco.
"As it is, if you are pulling into Hall Road from Beverley Road at night you are driving into complete darkness, with a pedestrian zebra crossing right in front of you with only one of its belisha beacons working properly.
"It all looks to me like an accident waiting to happen."
A KWL spokesman said it was unclear how long it would take to repair the cable fault.
He said it was important for people to report faulty lighting columns as soon as they spotted them.
He said: "The public needs to be aware we can only repair the lighting asset if we get the repair order.
"Contrary to popular belief, we want to encourage the public to report columns that are not working so we can then react before the dark nights draw in and minimise the seasonal dip in performance."
He said the company was also currently in the process of implementing a permanent night shift to give the street lighting service greater flexibility while reducing potential disruption when working on main traffic routes across the city.
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