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Roads may get safer with brighter LED lighting
Georgia Power initiative also cost efficient, according to utility
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Black Drive is one of some 50 roads or neighborhoods throughout Hall County that are set to get better streetlight visibility through an LED conversion effort by Georgia Power.
Edward Glenn welcomed the news last week that Black Drive near Gainesville is on a list to get brighter streetlights. “It’s dangerous to walk up and down the street at night,” he said of the neighborhood where he has lived for 50 years, an impoverished area that has struggled with crime. Streetlights on some 50 roads or neighborhoods throughout Hall County could get improved as part of Georgia Power’s LED Roadway Initiative, which the utility began in February.