Magnolia residents have until Feb. 24 to vote for a favorite style of streetlight that will be used to replace over 300 lights in one area of Magnolia.
Early last year, Seattle City Light approached Magnolia Chamber of Commerce representatives about the potential pilot project to replace streetlights in the southwest area of Magnolia. Magnolia Chamber spokesperson Ann Goos said the streetlights that will be replaced are over 50 years old and at the end of their life cycle, and Seattle City Light wants to replace them with LED Lights, which are more energy-efficient and meet existing environmental codes.
For the pilot project, Seattle City Light installed three streetlight options on West Viewmont.
Seattle City Light had to move some misplaced pilot streetlights, however, and there was a delay in those lights’ electrification. As well, community members shared their questions and concerns with Seattle City Light representatives to gain better understanding of the pilot project and what it will accomplish.
“The streetlights in southwest Magnolia look very different than they do in east Magnolia,” Goos said.
“Seattle City Light has done an exemplary job to reach out to the community and create a collaborative process,” Magnolia Chamber spokesperson Ann Goos said. “This has been a good two-way dialogue.”
To give more people time to vote for their preferred streetlight option, Seattle City Light has extended the voting period to Feb. 24.
Goos said the Magnolia Chamber of Commerce encourages affected residents in southwest Magnolia to visit the three streetlight options on Viewmont Way at night and then go online at surveymonkey.com/r/magnoliapilotstreetlights to vote.
Visit discovermagnolia.org/updates to read more about the pilot project.