The city of Bettendorf has decided to replace its street lights to save energy and money. During the next two months, more than 18-hundred high pressure sodium lights will be replaced with LED bulbs.
City Administrator Decker Ploehn says replacing the lights all at once, rather than one-at-a-time as they burn out, will save the city $47,000 a year.
The savings will pay for the replacement cost within four years. And the LED lights are expected to last for 15 years, compared to just 5 years for high pressure sodium lights.
In addition, Ploehn says LED lights provide better quality light.
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Beginning ten years ago, Bettendorf converted its downtown street lights and traffic lights to LEDs.