Council OKs streetlight conversion application

Washington state’s Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) is soliciting cities for streetlight conversation projects — and the city of Cheney intends to take them up on their offer.

At it’s final regular meeting in September Tuesday night, the City Council voted 7-0 to approve a staff request to apply for the grant that, if successful, would convert 535 existing high pressure sodium (HPS) light fixtures to the more energy efficient light emitting diode, LED, fixtures. At an average cost of $382 per fixture, the total estimated cost of the project would come to $204,535, of which TIB would cove...