Oświetlenie dróg publicznych w gminach – planowanie i finansowanie oświetlenia przestrzeni publicznej

One of the tasks of municipalities is to finance the lighting of streets, squares and public roads located in their area. It is related to both, covering the costs of electric energy consumed by lighting, and financing their construction and maintenance. As the audit conducted by NIK illustrates, municipalities have problems with performing this task in a proper way, stemming mainly from the significant increase of the needs related to the construction of new roads, as well as from unclear legal regulations. In municipalities that have refused to finance lighting of national roads sections, these costs would constitute 60 per cent of the total expenditure in the field.