” by Jessica Gelt [Sept. 4]: The winner of the L.A. Lights the Way streetlight design competition is a bulbous emitter that sends light sideways, blinding oncoming traffic, and upward, illuminating the undersides of birds and airplanes.
Full-cutoff designs that send light downward, where it is needed, are commercially available, but why buy an efficient and inexpensive product when you can waste money, increase global warming and reduce the public’s view of the night sky by adding more light pollution?AdvertisementThe new streetlight pictured is one of the most unappealing, plain and ugly lamps I’ve ever seen.
Installing streetlights requires circulating a petition to homeowners to which a majority representing at least 60% of the benefiting frontage must sign. Once a majority of homeowners approve, they are all assessed a one-time charge of between $3,000 to $8,000 and a modest annual maintenance fee thereafter once the streetlights are installed.
Not surprisingly, many homeowners do not have money like this lying around and are not interested in paying this assessment. Because of this “all-or-nothing” approach to installing streetlights, our block and many others remain dark at night with a hodgepodge of porch spotlights and solar lamps meekly illuminating the dark.
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