Citywide LED streetlight replacement program begins
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland speaks at the LED streetlight conversion kickoff in Westwood on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Memphis will spend $42 million to replace all 77,000 of its high-pressure sodium streetlights by the end of the year — a move that is equivalent to taking about 10,000 cars off the road.
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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