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McAllen updates neighborhood street‑lighting plan, cites delayed utility responses
Summary
Traffic Operations staff told the McAllen City Commission their district‑by‑district street‑lighting project is largely in‑house but progress in some areas is stalled by slow responses from external utilities; staff said District 4 is complete and 75 lights have been installed citywide to date.
Marlin Garca, the city’s traffic operations director, told the McAllen City Commission at a workshop that the traffic department is continuing a multi‑district “street lights by district” program aimed at adding lights in existing neighborhoods (phase one) and upgrading high‑volume arterials (phase two). “This is an in‑house project,” Garca said, adding the department has installed about 75 street lights so far.
The project is organized by district. Garca said District 4 served as a pilot and shows 100% completion because the maps and submittals were ready early. “When we applied the new construction standards to that subdivision … we would need to…
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