RESIDENTS left in the dark when their street lights were turned off are celebrating the end of the saga.
Golwyg y Waun in Birchgrove was plunged into darkness after the developers went into liquidation, leaving the electricity bill unpaid.
The 45-home street was built by North Wales developers David McLean almost nine years ago, but was never handed over to the council for adoption.
Resident have been without street lights for almost seven months until now.
And they are having a street party this weekend to celebrate.
The Evening Post first covered the story of their plight on November 2.
Following that came the TV cameras and an appearance on The One Show and in other media. Resident Tony Paget said he wanted to thank the Post for helping them in their campaign.
He said: "The Evening Post's coverage really helped push and brought it to everyone's attention. We were very grateful.
"We were facing paying the best part of £500 each, now we've had to pay £40, which I think is a very reasonable compromise. We've just had to pay for the electricity.
"We came to an agreement with Swansea Council. Carl Humphries was particularly helpful. I genuinely believe he went the extra mile."
At the end of last year a letter from Swansea Council said they would contribute 20 per cent of the costs, but that would leave residents facing paying £17,000 between them to bring the street up to a standard where it could be adopted.
The figure worked out at around £300 each, plus VAT.
But, Swansea Council found a way around the issue by tracking down the contractors who originally carried out the work. They agreed to return to make repairs.
Speaking before the lights were turned back on, Mr Humphries, the council's head of street scene, said: "We made an agreement with the residents to the energy costs for the year.
"The company agreed to correct the deficiencies with no charge against them."
New roads that have been built to the required standards are normally adopted through an agreement between the housing developer and the local authority under the Highways Act 1980 but this did not happen in the case of Golwg y Waun.
He added: "Hopefully, we can progress to the adoption of the street within the year."
