Switching the district’s street lights back on would cost just over £60,000, a campaigner and former accountant has said.
David Bigg, chairman of the Witham and Braintree Rail Users Association, said the amount was equivalent to the “negligible” annual savings from the scheme.
Using figures obtained through Freedom of Information laws, Mr Bigg has calculated that County Hall makes an annual saving of £5.92 from each of the district’s 10,456 part-time street lights, which are switched off between midnight and 5am.