Gwinnett has incorporated three more subdivisions to the streetlight program for neighborhoods built before 1997. Commissioners agreed last year to use 2009 SPLOST funds to install streetlights if a majority of homeowners sign a petition agreeing to pay annual operating costs.
Fifty-four percent of 91 homeowners in Old Dominion off Five Forks Trickum Road between Lilburn and Snellville voted in favor. Installation of 28 lights there will cost $13,319 with estimated operating costs of $4,722. Near Snellville, a majority of the 26 homeowners in Meadow Oak Place agreed to split estimated operating costs of $1,462 for nine lights that will cost $4,044 to install. And the 74-home Dickens Creek subdivision south of Norcross will get 16 lights with installation costs of $32,786 and estimated operating costs of $2,120.
The county divides annual electricity and maintenance costs among all affected homeowners on their property tax bills. Information about the streetlight program: DOTCommunityRelations@gwinnettcounty.com or 770-822-7400.
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