Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell

Great news! We have gotten our streetlight outages significantly and measurably lower over the last few years. Properly functioning streetlights are an essential element to public safety. I am proud of the progress City Light has made under ETC direction.

In a snapshot from May of 2009, there were approximately 4,500 streetlights needing repair. One month later, after implementation of the group relamping scheme, this number was reduced to 1,665 lights in need of repair. By the end of 2009, over 90% of the streetlights that were reported by citizens were repaired within 10-14 days. By comparison, in 2004, more than 23,000 Streetlights were reported out and often it took more than a month for repair.

Presently City Light has approximately 1,500 open tickets in the system for streetlight repairs. We are currently in phase 3 of a 4 phase group relamping scheme and when it is complete there will be even fewer burned out streetlights. I commend City Light workers and their commitment to improve our streetlight system. This has been one of my goals since I took office.

WSB photos – http://westseattleblog.com/2010/04/let-it-shine-led-streetlight-test-tour-in-west-seattle-and-beyond