Many parents with school-age children ask us every year to keep the lights on even during the autumn holidays, in mid-October. We do not do this for three reasons:
When the lights are on, many volunteers are on duty during those hours to fix any malfunctions. We cannot ask them to be permanently present for an extra three weeks.
Power costs are sponsored by the municipality and the power company, so extending the burning hours costs them twice as much.
City residents living along De Lichtjesroute are particularly inconvenienced by the heavy traffic on busy days; we do not want to disturb them for longer than a maximum of four weeks.