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City streets brighten up with LED conversion project

By Joanne Beck
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New LED lights line the median of Redfield Parkway, Batavia.
Photo by Howard Owens.

Now, in addition to the colorful Christmas tree and holiday lights bedazzling streets such as on Redfield Parkway, folks can also observe the brighter, whiter LED lights that have replaced all former dingier yellow city lights as part of a city light replacement project.

The replacement was to be wrapping up soon, City Manager Rachael Tabelski said, as crews worked their way from both ends of the city, moving from Redfield Parkway east and Lehigh Avenue westward, until they met in the middle. 

City Council approved the purchase of 948 street lights at a cost of $226,038, and future replacement of all National Grid street lights in the city. The nearly $1.7 million plan (Phase I) has an estimated savings of more than $161,000 annually. 
 

What does LED mean? Light-emitting diode. So in this season of all things merry and bright, Batavia's city streets are trying to do their part. 

For more complete story, first reported on The Batavian, go HERE.

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An LED light on a light pole, also decorated for the holidays, in Downtown Batavia.
Photo by Howard Owens.
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A photo of Downtown Batavia in September 2019 that captures the orange glow of the former high-pressure sodium lamps that used to illuminate the city. The new LED lights produce a white light.
Photo by Howard Owens.
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A photo taken on Jackson Street, Batavia, in January 2015 of a bike rider also shows the orange glow of the former high-pressure sodium lamps that once illuminated the city. These lights were owned and replaced by National Grid. 
Photo by Howard Owens.

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