Clinton Streets to get LED lights
While the city of Clinton is changing its style of streetlights, the project shouldn’t raise utility rates.
New lights will use LEDs rather than high- pressure sodium lights as before.
Todd Loggins, assistant general manager of Clinton Utilities Board, said he anticipates conversion of all streetlights within the city to be completed within three years.
“This is something that we have been studying for several years for energy efficiency purposes, and the cost of the new LED streetlights in relation to the cost of traditional high-pressure sodium streetlights has finally reached a point where it has become cost-effective,” said Loggins.
“We also initially held off on these replacements due to quality issues that many early adopters experienced.
“The reliability and quality of LED streetlights have improved to a point where we now feel they are a reliable alternative,” he said.
