Olney prepares to install new LED traffic lights

A project to replace approximately 170 traffic lights with LED lights is set to be performed this summer. According to information from City Manager Randy Bukas, the city applied for funding to replace the current incandescent bulbs with LED traffic lights. The budgeted costs were $24,958. The city was awarded $9,783 from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Public Sector Energy Saving Program and $13,175 from the federal EECBG.