it saves from power bills for streetlights

Other phases of the project include installing solar panels at city facilities and creating plug-in electric vehicle charging stations.The city has about 7,300 street lights and plan to replace 7,100 of those with LED lights by mid- to late-summer, Assistant City Manager Troy Brown said.The remaining 200 street lights in town will not be replaced, as a majority of them are decorative lights in the downtown area.City officials began a pilot program testing LED street lights in several neighborhoods in February and March. Agent of floodlight Residents provided the city with positive feedback and were pleased with the neighborhood upgrades, officials said.As the global market for LED products continues to expand, a race has developed among manufacturers to come out with cheaper versions of LED light bulbs to capture a bigger chunk of the consumer market.
The Lahore Development Authority during its governing body meeting on December 6, 2012, had approved the installation of LED lights. The idea behind the decision was to conserve electricity. The Traffic Engineering and Transport Planning Agency handed the project to an international company in February, 2013. TEPA was given a deadline of two months to complete the project. However, so far work has only finished on four roads, MM Alam Road, Peco Road, Model Town Link Road and Khyaban-i-Firdous.According to the project proposal, a company would install LEDs in the entire city replacing sodium lights which consume 120 per cent more electricity. Over a stipulated time the government will only pay the company the amount it saves from power bills for streetlights. K&N International, Islamabad, has placed an unsolicited bid for the project.

Work on Gulberg’s Main Boulevard, Jail Road, Barkat Market Y Junction from Garden Town to Jinnah Hospital, Khayaban-i-Jinnah, Southern Bypass from Canal Bank Road to College Road in Township, Wholesale Led high bay light Ali Road, College Road from Akbar Chowk to Ghazi Chowk, Barkat Market Y Junction Garden Town to Bhekewal Mor, Wahdat Road, Allam Iqbal Town’s Main Boulevard and Faisal Town’s Main Boulevard is yet to start. Officials say the work might take two months or more.TEPA Deputy Director Hussain Haider said the project would be completed soon (he did not give a date). He cited the large size of the project as the reason for its delay in completion. He said the project’s total cost was around Rs160 million. He said only the lights were being replaced.A similar project has been approved for the city government roads by the Planning and Development Department. During the seventh meeting of the Public-Private Partnership steering committee the nod was given to a call for opening bidding for converting the streetlights to LEDs.