Membership and terms of reference

The UK Lighting Board is tasked with:

• developing and promulgating best practice on technical, financial, administrative and operational matters relating to the sustainable construction, maintenance, availability, safety and use of street lighting structures, taking into account the different circumstances that may arise in the four UK countries and in urban and rural areas; and
  
• providing a source of advice to UKRLG, government departments, local authority associations and professional bodies across the UK on best practice and priorities for research, within the context of the wider transport picture.
  

The Board is chaired by Roger Elphick (Durham County Council) and has the following members:

David Coatham, representing the Institution of Lighting Engineers
Matt Williams (Dudley Metropolitan Authority), representing the Technical Advisors' Group (TAG)
Patrick Baldrey (Urbis Lighting Ltd), representing the Lighting Industry Federation
Mike Smith , representing the Highways Agency
Colin Payne (Leeds City Council), representing the Technical Advisors' Group (TAG)
Terry Felstead (London Borough of Kensington & Chelsea), representing the London Technical Advisors' Group (LoTAG)
Jim Milne (Highland Council), representing the Society of Chief Officers of Transport in Scotland (SCOTS)
Lee Evans (Caerphilly CC), representing the Welsh Association of Technical Officers (WATO)
Jake Dempster, representing the Scottish Executive
David Johnson, representing Transport for London
Alan Houston, representing the Northern Ireland Roads Service
Vivien Collins, representing the Welsh Assembly Government
David Williams, representing the Department for Transport's Traffic Management Division
Ian Holmes, representing the DfT's Regional and Local Transport Strategy and Funding Division.