The city is spending a $3.5 million grant to replace old wiring in some of those streetlights, and it is contracting with independent electricians to boost staffing.
San Diego launched a campaign Monday to fix nearly 6,000 broken streetlights that are making many city neighborhoods more vulnerable to crime and less safe for pedestrians and cyclists.
Streetlights in many of San Diego’s older neighborhoods were installed in the 1950s and 1960s, making them outdated and leaving city officials without detailed records about how some operate. The federal money, which Rep. Scott Peters helped secure, will pay for replacement wiring for roughly 200 lights — 30 in Logan Heights and 170 in Pacific Beach and Point Loma.
“It’s no secret that streetlights are failing faster than we can replace them,” Councilmember Joe LaCava said.
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