UK’s leading supplier of lighting towers provides eco-lighting for Anglesey’s “Brexit lorry park”

Hire equipment specialist MHM Plant has been called on to provide an eco-friendly lighting solution for Anglesey’s Holyhead truck park, which sees more than 400,000 freight lorries crossing the Irish Sea every year.

The temporary lorry park is the UK’s second largest roll-on/roll-off ferry port, enabling customs, market surveillance and other checks for the passage to and from Ireland. 

In designing the lorry park, diesel-powered 9m lighting towers would have traditionally been used but in line with green government initiatives a more eco-friendly solution was sought. 

In response, MHM Plant has developed a portable 5.5m solar streetlight model that reduces carbon emissions and the amount of energy being consumed. Designed with lorry parks and walkways in mind, the new model includes dusk to dawn sensors and movement detectors for safety and improved surveillance. 

In partnership with its hire customer xxx MHM initially provided 24 lighting towers units, but due to their benefits a further 20 have been delivered on site to provide a well-lit, noise free and clean environment for lorry drivers.

Brad Ireland, Group Sales Director at MHM said: “The use of battery-powered tower lights can save considerable sums on fuel and repair costs as well as tons of CO2e compared with standard diesel models. We always pursue the use of renewables to power our equipment, and so

we were ready to take on the challenge of lighting a lorry park of this size to meet the government’s drive on sustainable business.

“Over the last two years, we have seen a big increase in our clients’ willingness to change to greener products. This is being driven by a greater understanding of climate change and of people wanting to make a contribution to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels.”

Brad added: “It has been incredibly rewarding to see the impact our lighting towers have had in Anglesey. We aim to help businesses all over the UK achieve sustainable goals including zero emission, lower running costs and reduced noise and we hope that this project will begin a new wave of large-scale facilities like these taking on greener and more efficient practices.”

For more information on MHM and its solar equipment, visit http://www.mhmplant.com.