Sudbury has accelerated to transform LED streetlights after councillors voted Tuesday night to spend almost $1 million, along with some provincial grant money, to install 1,300 of the energy efficient bulbs across the city.
Changing these light bulbs could save Greater Sudbury about $90,000 annually.
The new LED bulbs only replace a fraction of the 14,000 streetlight bulbs in Greater Sudbury. The city plans to gradually switch over the remaining streetlights as the old bulbs burn out.
Meanwhile, North Bay is aiming to save $200,000 each year by completely switching all its streetlights to LED by the end of 2012.
