Purple street lights popping up in Phoenix

A hue of purple illuminating parts of Phoenix is hard to miss at night. The City of Phoenix’s Street Transportation Department said the issue is part of a nationwide manufacturing defect causing the light’s coating to fall off and revealing purple lights instead of white.

Gregg Bach, a spokesperson for Street PHX, said 1,200 of the purple lights started popping up a couple of months ago in the city. In total, there are 100,000 lights in Phoenix.

Bach said the lights are under warranty; therefore, taxpayers are not footing the bill for replacements. However, replacing all the lights could take a couple more months.