Brockville: City flips switch on new lights
Recorder and Times / Nick Gardiner / 13 February 2010
It was a little slower off the mark than expected, but a money-saving program to replace outdated streetlights in Brockville is now on the fast lane to the finish line.
City operations director Conal Cosgrove told the Recorder and Times on Friday 1,200 70-watt streetlights in residential areas were supposed to be replaced last fall.
Instead, the work got off the ground only two weeks ago, with Brockville's Industrial Electric awarded the installation contract.
[...] The new lighting will save an expected $150,000 in annual savings on electricity costs, he said.
And the decision to go with magnetic-induction lights, which Cosgrove said look similar to small fluorescent bulbs, also cuts down on maintenance costs.
The cost to replace the old high-pressure sodium lights, which have a life-expectancy of six years, is $20,000 annually, he said.
But the lifespan of the new lights is estimated at 15 to 20 years, so there will a savings in replacement and maintenance as well, he said.
