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The Public Lighting Authority of Detroit (PLA), working in cooperation with Mayor Mike Duggan, has scheduled a series of three public meetings in its two demonstration areas to explain recent updates to its plan to rebuild the city’s street lighting system.

At the meetings, Duggan, PLA Executive Director Odis Jones and PLA Board Chair Dr. Lorna Thomas will outline key revisions of the plan, including converting the system to Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lamps, accelerating the pace of installation with a goal of completing all neighborhoods within 18 months, and requiring a street light in the middle of any block that is more than 300 feet long.

The PLA estimates that the two demonstration areas will be completed in May and that work will continue uninterrupted moving out into the remainder of the city.

WHEN & WHERE

The PLA community meeting schedule is as follows:

  • Wednesday, February 5, 7:00-8:30 p.m.– Westside Christ the King Parish, 20800 Grand River Avenue 
  • Thursday, February 6, 7:00-8:30 p.m. – Eastside WOW Church and Life Center, 14111 E. 7 Mile Road 
  • Thursday, February 13, 7:00-8:30 p.m. - Westside North Rosedale Park Community House, 18445 Scarsdale Street

All overhead wired lights will be replaced in the City by the fourth quarter of 2015, with the neighborhood portion of the project completed in 18 months. All work on underground wiring, primarily along major thoroughfares, is scheduled to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2016.

The first shipment of LED lights was ordered following the last board meeting and is expected to arrive within two to three weeks. In the meantime, crews that have been installing lights in the demonstration areas will carry out general repair work that is required as part of rebuilding the system. The High Pressure Sodium lights that have been installed in the initial phase of the demonstration project will be replaced as part of a normal maintenance schedule once the work in the rest of the city has been completed.

The east side demonstration project is comprised of an area with boundaries of Eight Mile, Kelly Rd., Hoover and Houston Whittier. The west side demonstration project has boundaries of McNichols on the north, Southfield Rd. on the east, Fenkell on the south and Telegraph on the west, with a small extension in the Five Points area of the city south of McNichols and west of Telegraph.

About the Public Lighting Authority of Detroit

The PLA was authorized by the Michigan Legislature in December, 2012 and approved by Detroit City Council in 2013 to design and implement a three-year plan to improve Detroit’s public lighting system. The PLA is governed by a five-member board, all Detroit residents, appointed by the Mayor and the City Council.

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