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Edmonds awarded $700,000 HSIP lighting grant; city releases streetlight inventory and priority study
Summary
The Edmonds Parks & Public Works Committee heard that the city received a $700,000 Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) grant to add targeted nighttime lighting at five locations and reviewed a citywide streetlight study by Transpo Group that inventories existing fixtures (2,553 PUD fixtures and nearly 200 city-owned fixtures) and ranks gaps
The City of Edmonds on Jan. 21 reported a $700,000 federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) award to install targeted street lighting in areas with nighttime crash history and poor illumination, and staff presented a new citywide streetlight study inventory and priority list produced by Transpo Group.
Rob English (Public Works/engineering staff) credited Bertrand (transportation staff) for the successful HSIP application and said the $700,000 award will fund design and construction of lighting improvements at an initial five locations; staff said no local match is required. The five locations cited in the presentation are: State Route 524 at Ninth Avenue; a location listed as “80 Fourth and 236” in the staff map; Walnut and Seventh Avenue; Highway 99 at 216th (described in the presentation as “2 Sixteenth”); and a segment near 76 on the Interurban Trail. Staff said the HSIP award funds are scalable and, during design, additional locations may be added if budget permits.
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