East Campus University of (Missouri) to get brighter street lights

The city is ready to fulfill a longtime wish of many East Campus neighborhood property owners and University of Missouri students — new, brighter streetlights. Columbia Water and Light will upgrade 36 existing mercury vapor street lights to LED bulbs, measure light levels at representative locations before and after the lighting upgrade and report back to the Columbia City Council. The lights are being upgraded with brighter bulbs instead of installing more lights after the Environment and Energy Commission recommended against more lights because the neighborhood already has more streetlights than many residential areas of the city.