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Lauderhill and FPL begin multi‑week LED streetlight conversion after residents report dark neighborhoods
Summary
Florida Power & Light told the Lauderhill City Commission it will begin converting the city’s remaining 477 streetlights to LED this week and will reprioritize phases to address darker neighborhoods first; FPL estimated final conversion in 5–6 weeks and agreed to provide an asset list and a status update to the city.
Florida Power & Light representatives told the Lauderhill City Commission on Jan. 26 that conversion work to replace aging high‑pressure sodium fixtures with LED units will begin in the coming days, addressing neighborhoods residents described as “very dark.”
Christine Shaw, FPL’s North Broward external affairs manager, introduced the utility’s streetlight restoration and LED conversion team, and Gladys Reyes, FPL’s LED representative, said the city previously signed an agreement in February 2025 for 259 fixtures (phase one, completed in September 2025) and executed a second agreement in November 2025 to convert an additional 477 lights. Reyes said…
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