Quote Originally Posted by takascar View Post
The LED thing is good. This will save alot of $ for electricity and they are more energy efficient, but I have a few questions:

1. LED fixtures and bulbs have had some reliability issues, including increased corrosion. Have they dealt with that issue??

2. New fixtures are fine, but the biggest problem with Detroit street lighting is the abysmal condition of the distribution network [[lines that supply the lights, transformers, substations). I don't think that the light fixtures themselves were to blame in the outages in most areas. In the last years that I lived in Detroit [[1992/93), a 5 square block area around my house was out for months - that wasn't the fixtures.

Is there any info on upgrades to the distribution network?
I believe the new lights were put on the DTE grid.