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PUC weighs taking ownership of pedestrian-scale streetlights amid cost concerns
Summary
The PUC considered a policy to assume operations and maintenance of pedestrian-scale lights installed along streets if they meet pre-approved standards; commissioners raised cost, budget and jurisdiction concerns and asked staff to return with standards and options (including limited acceptance for Fillmore Jazz District).
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spent an extended portion of its March 22 meeting debating a proposed pedestrian lighting policy that would clarify the commission’s role in reviewing designs and assuming maintenance responsibility for pedestrian-scale streetlights installed on city streets.
Assistant General Manager Barbara Hale told commissioners the ambiguity stems from multiple agencies (PUC, Department of Public Works, Recreation and Park, Port) and that the city’s Better Streets Plan makes pedestrian lighting more likely in future projects. Under the staff proposal the PUC would assume ongoing operation and…
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