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Commissioners review five-year residential street-lighting plan; precinct equity and park lighting raised
Summary
County staff proposed a five-year street-lighting capital plan that would install roughly 100 lights per year using road-and-bridge special revenue; commissioners pressed staff on equity across precincts, feasibility with El Paso Electric and whether special-revenue funds can pay for park or trail lighting.
El Paso County staff presented a proposed five-year residential street-lighting capital improvement plan on Thursday that would expand LED lighting in unincorporated neighborhoods, add lighting around mailbox clusters and target gaps near parks and intersections.
Public works and planning staff reported successes from an earlier five-year plan — about 300 new street lights and a transition to LED fixtures — and described challenges including equipment lead times, El Paso Electric scheduling constraints and safety limits on how far the utility will extend power lines (the presentation noted a 160-foot practical service-distance limit). Projected unit…
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