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City’s Streetlight Upgrade Program Shifts to South Side
The city’s ongoing streetlight modernization program is now shifting to neighborhood streets and alleys in the South Side priority area. Since its inception last fall, the program has replaced more than 42,000 streetlight fixtures with LEDs; the goal is ultimately to replace 270,000 citywide.
Streetlight fixture replacements in the first year have been focused in South and West Side neighborhoods with concerns about public safety, allowing those communities to quickly reap the benefits of higher quality, more reliable lighting. By summer’s end, the new lights will be installed on more than a dozen major arterial routes across the city.
The Smart Lighting Project is great for Chicago’s environment, our neighborhoods and our budget,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “By converting our city’s streetlights to LED we are modernizing Chicago’s infrastructure, creating new jobs and saving taxpayers more than $100 million over the next decade.”
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