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Chicago Wraps Four-Year Streetlighting Modernization
Ameresco and the Lightfoot administration on Wednesday announced the completion of the Chicago Smart Lighting Program to modernize existing street lighting infrastructure. The project is believed to be the largest city-led wireless smart streetlight program in the U.S., with approximately 280,000 streetlight fixtures across Chicago. Wednesday’s announcement was held at the Lyons View Manufacturing facility on the West Side.
“Creation of the lighting management system puts us in the forefront of smart cities around the nation,” said Transportation Commissioner Gia Biagi. “The program has made Chicago a greener city and is providing clearer, more reliable nighttime lighting in every neighborhood. And the smart lighting management is making our operations more efficient, enabling our workforce to respond to outages more quickly when they occur.”
The four-year modernization project was completed in collaboration with the City of Chicago, the Chicago Department of Transportation, Itron, John Burns Construction and Lyons View Manufacturing.
