Decatur City Commission Considers LED Streetlight Upgrade
Decatur Metro | March 7, 2016 | 9:59 amOn the agenda for tonight’s city commission meeting – upgrading 1,379 streetlights inside the city limits from “high-pressure sodium (HPS) and mercury vapor (MV)” lights to LED.
In a memo, Asst. City Manager David Junger states that the initiative is part of “a statewide Georgia Power initiative to work with local governments to upgrade roadway lights to LED lights”. Georgia Power will foot the bill, so it’s no cost to the city.
Why do this? Mr. Junger cites Georgia Power literature that states…
Georgia Power indicates that LED lights offer more safety because they produce a broader spectrum of light, which provides better illumination of street signs, bicyclists and pedestrians. LED light spreads more evenly, reducing fixtures are also more efficient, not only producing more light for less money, but also lasting much longer than traditional HPS fixtures.
If you’re interested in the color difference between the conventional streetlights and LED, this YouTube video does a decent job of show the difference. Also, Georgia Power wrote about the effort in its newsletter back in Summer 2015.
Photos courtesy of Georgia Power.