Exeter has an official total of 141 sets of traffic lights, new data has revealed.

Responding to a freedom of information request from The Echo, Devon County Council confirmed there are 84 lights at signalled junctions and 57 pedestrian crossings across the city.

From April 2013 to March 2014 the maintenance and energy costs of the lights have a total cost of £121,000.

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Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.