The City of Richmond plans to phase in LED street lights, according to a report from city planners to the public works committee.
Currently there are 10,000 streetlights in the city but just 100 are Light Emitting Diode fixtures.
The LED fixtures use about 40 per cent less energy than regular streetlights. As the costs of LED’s have gone down the energy savings make these lights more cost-effective.
In addition to potential cash savings LEDs will help chip away at the city’s goal of reducing carbon emissions.
However, the energy savings are not yet enough to proactively replace regular lights with LEDs.
“As this technology continues to mature, staff will continue to evaluate locations suitable for the use of LED street lights as well as update our design standards and construction specifications,” stated the report.
LED streetlights can be seen on No. 6 Road and a partnership with BC Hydro will see them installed on No. 3 Road, south of Steveston Highway, as well as Westminster Highway, east of No. 6 Road.
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