Durham residents say new LED lights give ‘perpetual daylight.’

When Durham City Council members switched thousands of street lights to energy-efficient bulbs, they were thinking about the environment and public safety.

Now some residents say the new lights are so bright, it’s like they’re living in a parking garage.

“It’s unshielded. It’s unfocused. It’s far too bright,” City resident Tom Feltner said. “And the result has been our home is now what some neighbors have called perpetual daylight, a movie set or football stadium.”