City seeks input on LED street light output with a guessing game

By 
KRISTYN HALBIG ZIEHM
Ozaukee Press staff

Port Washington officials are playing a sort of Where’s Waldo.

In preparation for the conversion of the city’s streetlights to LED fixtures — a project that drew some concerns about the proper light quality — We Energies last week installed four LED lights along a portion of Grand Avenue.

Officials want to know if anyone can tell the difference between the traditional and LED lights and whether they are too bright, not bright enough or just right.

“No, we are not going to tell you where it is to see how noticeable it is or not,” City Administrator Tony Brown said in a note to aldermen.

Anyone with feedback is asked to contact Brown or Public Works Director Rob Vanden Noven at 284-5585 by Friday, Feb. 12.

The city last year agreed to replace 819 streetlights mounted on fiberglass, aluminum or wooden poles, most of them in residential areas, with LED fixtures.

The project, which is expected to cost $200,000, has a seven-year payback and is expected to save the city almost $1.2 million in 20 years.

Three years ago, the city ran a similar test, replacing some lights on Wisconsin Street with LED lights. Officials at that time reported that no one called to question the new fixtures and lights.

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