HAMPSHIRE County Council's street lighting replacement programme will be arriving in Wickham this month (May 2013).

The new lighting in the village will see the replacement of 117 lanterns and a further 100 posts with the latest energy efficient equipment. Much of the county's lighting stock is over 30-years old and needs replacing.

As part of the improvement programme, 150,000 streetlights, illuminated signs and bollards across Hampshire are being replaced or upgraded, many with remote dimming controls.