"It also means 15,000 more lights for residents, bringing our total number of lights to 64,500 LEDs. We’re excited to be able to install more lights than we originally planned"
http://www.freep.com/article/2014061...t-streetlights
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"It also means 15,000 more lights for residents, bringing our total number of lights to 64,500 LEDs. We’re excited to be able to install more lights than we originally planned"
http://www.freep.com/article/2014061...t-streetlights
Good news!
Yay Duggan!
Do these lights have copper wiring? Will they all be non-functional within 6 months due to scrappers?
Some street lighting will be solar powered. No transformers from underground. That would keep those copper thieves and from those cutting out wires.
Can bulletproof glass be used on these things? I'm guessing if the scrappers don't tear these things apart, the drug dealers will shoot them out to conduct their business.Quote:
Originally Posted by aj3647
Sometimes I really hate being cynical...
Danny, they won't be solar. Nothing in the article states that and I watched a couple of lighting meetings on youtube and Duggan said that there would be no solar streetlights at all.
I heard something about "bullet resistant" lights. That was from a former LEO who shared your concerns. He seemed satisfied. If they're expensive, I would expect they're used only in limited areas.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeg19
I can't quite put my finger on it but there's something intrinsically funny about that statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeg19
If they are installing LEDs chances are they can run much, much smaller wire. Thieves are not interested in most thin gauge wiring as it has little value as scrap.
There is a proposal to have non wired street lighting being installed on W. Vernor Rd. in Southwest Detroit.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmike76
Anyone know what the plans are for the light poles along the main streets?
The poles along Gratiot are literally crumbling to pieces. Although the wiring for the poles between Harper and Mack is underground, it would be silly to put new lamps on them.
. Good news, but why is reporting generally so bad these days? The article does not really say how the revised plan differs from the prior one.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpartanDawg
I'm just thinking of the millions of dollars spent by MDOT to replace the streetlights along I-94 in Detroit, only to have those lights go dark within mere days of being installed after the copper thieves got to them. Literally millions of dollars wasted in less than a week.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeg19