SaskPower is continuing the upgrade to light emitting diode (LED) streetlights in the City of Estevan.聽
The Crown corporation is investing about $414,000 in the next few months to upgrade 1,145 streetlights in the community. These are mainly located in residential areas 鈥� main corridors in the city were converted in 2018.
The work will begin this month and continue to March 2021.
SaskPower says LED streetlights use between 40 and 60 per cent less energy than traditional lighting and require far less maintenance. They also last longer, which means fewer outages and properly lit streets for many years to come.
Converting all Saskatchewan鈥檚 streetlights to LED will reduce how much power is used and help reduce the province鈥檚 carbon footprint.
So far, SaskPower has converted just over 30,000 lights to LED, which is 30 per cent of the streetlights across the province.
People won鈥檛 see any changes to their power bill as a result, but over time, municipalities might notices a savings as a result of the switch, since LED streetlights use less power.
The public may experience very brief lane closures on streets while crews do their work, but no full road closures or power outages are expected.
LED bulbs use warm鈥恮hite colour light. This way they avoid the intense white鈥恇lue lights that negatively impact sleep patterns.
Old fixtures that they鈥檙e replacing will be recycled or reused. This prevents them from ending up in a landfill.
