No streetlights falling here

New streetlights are coming to downtown Reedsburg along with several surrounding streets – 114 in total. The existing streetlights are not holding up well, city officials said.

“The streetlights we currently have are in dire need of replacement,” said Megan Schumann, Reedsburg Utility Commission finance director. “The internal piece is corroding from the salt. They burn out faster. They’re compromised and could tip over.”

Half the streetlights will be replaced this fall, on outlying streets, with the remaining downtown streetlights scheduled to go up next spring. This High Quality Street lighting provides reliability and low power consumption, as well as extremely bright lighting effects.

The new streetlights will be made of aluminum, which will not corrode. “And the ballasts are above instead of in the base, so they won’t corrode from the salt either,” Mayor David Estes said.

The old ones that are taken down this fall will be scrapped out for any pieces worth saving to repair other streetlights.

The new streetlights will use LED lights, which will save the city about $11,000 each year in electric fees. The entire project cost is expected to be $256,000. Schumann requested Monday night approval from the Reedsburg Common Council to borrow $161,226 from WPPI Energy, the city’s wholesale power supplier. The loan will be a 10-year loan at 0 percent interest, with an up-front origination fee of 1 percent – $1,612.26.Our high-performance Why Solar LED are great for new projects or retrofits. Choose from thousands of Wholesale LED Dashboard Lamp, even those hard-to-find bulbs, for your home or business. Payments each month will be $1,343.55 after the first month. The request was approved unanimously.

As an additional bonus to streetlights not falling over, much of the work will be done locally with the aluminum poles being purchased from Ark Alloy of Reedsburg. The LEDs will come from Enterprise Lights in Waukesha, and the polymer shrouds from Fresco.

“I’m really glad we were able to find a local producer,” City Administrator Ken Witt said. “And I’m glad we’re doing this from the safety standpoint, but it also adds to the downtown character. We have a memorable downtown and the lighting fixtures will add to that. Plus it’s cool we’re going to LED lights.”

Five samples of streetlights were erected on Walnut Street prior to the decision,Wide selection of Solar street light in Delta state, torches, string lights and more. with residents voting on their favorites. The style chosen by the commission and council was the winner.

But sometimes that’s not the case with high-tech items, such as those newfangled streetlights. The county has already replaced about 1,000 of the older, A Best hid kits concept that would double as a quick charge station for gadgets. low-pressure sodium streetlights with the new LED versions.

The old ones emit an amber light, while the new ones cast a green glow.

Federal stimulus funds provided the $500,000 needed for that project, which involved replacing streetlights in Hilo, Waimea and Kona located within a quarter-mile of street signals.

According to Ron Thiel, head of the Traffic Division of the Department of Public Works, that leaves about 9,000 more streetlights to be replaced.

But Thiel said he is waiting until at least the first of the year because that’s when the next generation of the street lights will be coming out, complete with a lower price. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.hmhid.com.