Bellingham plans to convert streetlights to LEDs this year

City streets soon will look more colorful at night and be cheaper to light as staff members move to replace the city’s less-efficient street lamps with energy-saving LED lighting this year. Replacing about 3,600 city-owned high-pressure sodium lights with LEDs should save about $3.5 million in energy costs over the life of the bulbs, public works staff told members of Bellingham City Council Monday morning, April 13.

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