Dallas wants brighter LED Streetlights

Dallas city leaders recently discussed turning up the lights in a big way with a massive switch to LED streetlights.

Of nearly 95,000 streetlights in Dallas, just over one in 10 are LED lights now.

It's going to take about five to seven years to convert based on the projected life of a bulb, Dallas Transportation Director Gus Khankarli said.

Oncor owns and maintains 72,000 of the lights and less than one in 20 of the Oncor lights are LED.