Honolulu is re-soliciting proposals to change streetlights to LEDs

Mayor Kirk Caldwell’s administration will seek new proposals for a project to convert nearly 52,000 streetlights to light-emitting diode technology in Honolulu. Robert Kroning, city director of design and construction, said the do-over is necessary because negotiations with a contractor ran into a snag — not because of criticism by City Council members, astronomers and environmentalists that the criteria for the original request for proposals were too narrow and would have used an outdated type of LED lamp.