{"id":633,"date":"2021-01-29T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/?p=633"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T21:52:20","slug":"streetlight-replacement-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/streetlight-replacement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Streetlight Replacement Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Street lighting helps promote safety and security for drivers, riders, pedestrians, roadways, intersections, and neighborhoods.\u00a0 In past years, the City\u2019s standard streetlight option has been a 100-watt cobra head, sodium vapor light mounted on a wood pole. Over the next several years, the City will be working with the electric providers to transition from sodium vapor lights to LED lights.\u00a0 When streetlights burn out and can no longer be repaired, they will be converted to LED lighting.\u00a0 LED lighting products are up to 90% more efficient than incandescent light bulbs.\u00a0 LED lights have a much longer life expectancy, are more energy-efficient and reliable, and provide high brightness and intensity while radiating low heat.\u00a0 There will be streetlights throughout the City that shine brighter than others do and streetlights that do not match during the transition. However, in the end, these inconveniences will result in more energy \u2013 efficient, economical, and reliable street light system.<\/p>\n

Local streetlight fixtures and poles are owned, operated, and maintained by Duke Energy or Bartholomew County REMC.\u00a0 The City of Columbus pays for the initial equipment to be installed and pays the maintenance and energy costs associated with the streetlight.\u00a0 In new housing developments, if a developer wishes to install decorative lights and poles on city streets, rather than the standard, the developer must pay for any additional charges.<\/p>\n

If you notice an issue with a streetlight, please take a minute to report it.\u00a0 The electric providers only know about problems if they are notified. \u00a0Both Duke Energy and BCREMC have simple online reporting systems. <\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.duke-energy.com\/customer-service\/request-light-repair<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bcremc.com\/my-bcremc\/report-service-issues\/<\/a>
\n(Enter City of Columbus for the account number)<\/p>\n

Streetlights are repaired during daytime hours, so technicians must be able to identify the lights. \u00a0Please provide as much information as you can.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Address \u2013 provide the street address closest to the light, such as the light is across the street from 1234 Columbus Lane <\/strong><\/p>\n

Directional and\/or Intersection – the light is located at the southwest corner (SW) of the intersection of ABC Street and XYZ Lane. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pole Number \u2013 only if it can be easily and safely obtained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have streetlight questions or need assistance reporting a streetlight issue, please contact the City Engineering Department at 812-376-2540 or engineering@columbus.in.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Street lighting helps promote safety and security for drivers, riders, pedestrians, roadways, intersections, and neighborhoods.\u00a0 In past years, the City\u2019s standard streetlight option has been a 100-watt cobra head, sodium vapor light mounted on a wood pole. Over the next several years, the City will be working with the electric providers to transition from sodium […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 14:22:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.columbus.in.gov\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}