Thursday, August 11, 2011

Council Approves LED Lights

After being tabled at the July 5 regular meeting, the Little Elm Town Council on Tuesday approved Town Engineer Jason Laumer's request for additional funding to replace existing metal halide street light with LED street lights along Eldorado Parkway from Little Elm Parkway to Farm-to-Market Road 423. The item passed by a 3-2 vote.

The item was a change order to the street lighting of $38,265 for the project.Questions put forth included whether LED lights include toxic materials, how long LED technology has been around and where the materials are made.


The LED lights are mercury and lead-free and have been out since the 1960s. The high-output LEDs for street-light use have been around for over 10 years.


Town Manager Ivan Langford described the approval as a positive move for both communities.

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