Georgia Power contractors are starting a six-month project this week to convert nearly 3,000 street lights in Alpharetta to more efficient LED lighting from older, high-pressure, sodium-vapor lamps, city officials announced.
“While a key benefit of the move to LED lighting fixtures is improved energy efficiency and resulting cost savings for Alpharetta taxpayers, the newer technology will also place more light onto streets and sidewalks with little or no stray light trespassing onto adjacent properties,” according to the city announcement.
Work crews will be in vehicles marked “Georgia Power Contractor” and will carry identification, the city said. Crews will start with pedestrian light fixtures, sometimes called “post tops.” Once these conversions are done, crews will move to the larger “cobra” and “mongoose” street lights.
The project involves lights on public streets, not private property or private streets. Property owners and homeowners associations can make their own arrangements with Georgia Power.
The city also is working with the Sawnee EMC on a similar conversion project for lights of that utility, officials said. A schedule for that work has not yet been released.
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