“Thankfully our supply issues have been resolved, and we believe the change in service provider will reduce the response time by the middle of 2023.”
The contract change comes five years after the city upgraded about 84,000 street lights to LED luminaires, which are fully-assembled lighting units at the top of a pole that includes a board of LED lights.Seera said the city has experienced $5 million in annual savings since. “This cost savings is expected to continue over the next five years, and payback for the project is expected to occur between 5.5 and 9.5 years after the project was completed.”The city also said the LED luminaires reduce energy consumption by 50 per cent and maintenance costs have dropped by 25 per cent with the reduction in costs for LEDs.