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Council debates funding approach after staff flags dozens of nonworking sidewalk lights; feasibility study planned
Summary
Council members discussed a long-standing problem of nonworking pedestrian/decorative streetlights across multiple corridors, heard a staff estimate of roughly $115,000 to replace about 50 fixtures in one area, and asked staff to prepare a broader funding and policy plan tied to reserve levels and a regional feasibility study with DOT.
Councilors devoted significant discussion to a long-running backlog of broken or obsolete sidewalk and decorative streetlights across Port Orange and to how the city should pay to repair or replace them.
Council members said some lighting installations are inconsistent — different fixture types, varied power sources and a mix of ownership and maintenance arrangements — which complicates repairs. One councilor cited staff…
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