Germantown switching to LED streetlights
Andy Sanders, Germantown’s assistant city administrator, speaks about the city’s streetlight-conversion process at a Nov, 9 Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting. (Abigail Warren/The Daily Memphian)
Germantown neighborhoods and parks are getting an upgrade in lighting around the suburb as the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a contract Monday to convert their 5,346 street lamps to LEDs.
The city entered a nearly $3 million contract with PATH after a bid process. Of that contract, $150,000 is a contingency cost. The work is supposed to take about six months per the terms of the contract. It is expected to start before Jan. 1.
The move is one other local suburbs have taken. Collierville and Bartlett used PATH when they upgraded their streetlights. Tipton County communities of Covington, Halls and Ripley also used PATH. Arlington and Millington replaced their lights but used Memphis Light, Gas and Water to do the work. Southaven and Horn Lake have converted their streetlights to LEDs. Olive Branch is slowly switching to LEDs as it addresses streetlights that are out. Senatobia used PATH for a citywide conversion.
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Abigail Warren
Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.
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