Street lights

Street lights in Birmingham provide night-time illumination from 29,117 light standards located on rights-of-way throughout the city.

In March 2016 the city entered into an agreement with the Alabama Power Company to replace all of the city's existing street lights with LED fixtures as part of the larger "Lit Bham" project to replace light fixtures in city buildings and parking garages. The street light replacement work continued through December 2018. Under the agreement, Alabama Power took ownership of about 7,000 standards that had been city-owned, carried out repairs and light replacements, and will lease the lights back to the city, as well as supplying maintenance and power service under contract. Estimates of the extent to which the city will realize cost savings vary.

References

• Westlake, Allison (March 29, 2016) "City of Birmingham and Alabama Power work to upgrade streetlights to LED." Alabama NewsCenter
• Perry, Chiara (June 24, 2016) "Birmingham City Councilors Continue to Implement Energy Efficient Measures in Community as Means to Save on Costs." Birmingham City Council Public Information Office
• Bisaha, Stephan (April 24, 2017) "Savings Uncertain With Birmingham’s LED Street Lights" WBHM.org
• Owens, Cody (August 31, 2017) "City to Shine Brighter with Newly Installed LED Street Lights." The Birmingham Times