Columbia Drive South Streetlight Improvements

Project Description

The streetlight system along Columbia Drive South (and its surrounding streets) is failing and requires replacement. Seattle City Light plans to improve electrical reliability by replacing the aging underground infrastructure, installing new decorative streetlight poles and light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures.

Location

The streetlight system is located along Columbia Drive South and surrounding streets in the Beacon Hill neighborhood.

Community Benefits

• The streetlights in this neighborhood are aging and due for replacement. The pilot program provides an opportunity for community feedback that may affect which fixture will be chosen.
• The new fixtures will improve the quality of lighting, pedestrian and traffic safety.
• LEDs reduce greenhouse gas emissions during manufacturing as well as when they are in use. Additionally, about 20,000 tons of reduced carbon emissions per year are the result of fewer service vehicle trips.

Anticipated Impacts

• Specific work impacts will be communicated closer to the start of construction.