Detroit finishing up replacing all defective streetlights

The city’s Public Lighting Authority is expected to complete the replacement of nearly 20,000 defective LED streetlights that caused premature dimming and failures. The replacement, which is expected to cost between $7 million to $8 million, is ahead of the lighting authority’s goal earlier this year to swap out fixtures on 19,500 lights by the end of the year. The authority, which is funding the project, is seeking reimbursement from the lighting manufacturer, California-based Leotek Electronics USA.