NORWAY – Selectman Les Flanders is continuing his quest to determine where lights should be added or removed from town streets.

“The biggest problem I’ve had is several lights are out,” Flanders said of complaints he’s heard as he rides and walks around town.

The project was prompted by a request in January to selectmen for a streetlight at Crockett Ridge and Korhonen roads. When questions arose about the costs and the need, selectmen decided to table a decision until they could evaluate the town’s streetlight situation.

Part of that evaluation was to determine where people feel they need more lighting, Flanders said. Town Manager David Holt has said there needs to be a balance between the needs of residents and the restrictions of the town budget.

Norway has budgeted $42,000 to pay for the fiscal 2008 streetlight account, Holt said. The streetlights are leased from Central Maine Power and charges vary from month to month.

Flanders said at Thursday night’s selectmen meeting that he is not inclined to add lights without a good reason, but he sees a possibility at the intersection of Pikes Hill and Roberts roads and one at Waterford and Greenwood roads.

“They’re both pretty bad,” he said of the lighting.

Besides those two, Flanders developed a tentative list of proposed additions and removals of streetlights for board consideration. They include removing two lights and adding one at spots on Alpine Street, and adding three on Huntington Avenue and one at Bartlett Street. He also noted there are streetlights out on lower Main, Beal, Danforth, Brown and Carter streets.

The board is expected to continue discussion of the issue at a future meting.