Credit: /LevittownNow
The quiet but consistent mantra of Bristol Township officials has been rebuild the infrastructure and businesses will come.
To that end, council on Thursday night, highlighted that effort with a unanimous vote to accept a lease purchase agreement with Philips Lighting to purchase LED streetlights and remote control equipment.
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The new lighting system will replace more than 4,300 lights throughout the township with lower wattage light-emitting diodes. Included with the The Philips Starsense Control Solutions is a remote wireless system that can be controlled from the municipal building.
The deal is valued a little over $2 million for equipment, installation, Township Manager Bill McCauley said. He also offered his perspective that communities throughout the region will soon have the same type of “smart street lights system” in place.
The township will use a grant from the Bucks County Redevelopment Authority of $597,000 and will apply for an more casino grant money from the redevelopment authority in mid-December to fund the project, McCauley said.
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The township pays about $600,000 in electric costs and another $200,000 for maintenance yearly. The new system would dispose of a decade’s worth of maintenance costs during the duration of the systems warranty, the manager said.
Johan Becker, Philips’ director of business development, said the benefits of the system includes increased safety in streets; light status feedback in real time; accurate metering and reduced energy costs saying the system would save the township about 55 percent in energy costs for the life of the deal.
McCauley anticipates purchasing the lights and the equipment before March because of a deadline to spend casino grant funds. The project should be completed sometime next fall, officials said.
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McCauley said the township plans to start the project “right away.”
