Spa City: New Street Lights to Reducing City’s Carbon Footprint, provide $270K Annual Cost Savings 

SARATOGA SPRINGS —The City of Saratoga Springs completed its purchase of cobra head street lights, which will convert the city’s street lights to LED, dark-sky compliant fixtures, city Mayor Ron Kim and Commissioner of Finance Minita Sanghvi announced Oct. 25. 

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) will manage the upgrade of the street lights through a contract with the construction management firm Guth DeConzo, with the entire project slated for completion by June.

“This allows us to replace our streetlights with energy efficient LED technology, reduce street light energy use by as much as 65%, provide a safer and well-lit community, and reduce energy use,” Mayor Kim said in a statement. 

Commissioner Sanghvi called the project “a major step toward reducing the city’s carbon footprint,” as well as generating an annual cost savings of about $270,000.

The technology will better allow the city to enhance public safety with cameras, install traffic management devices to facilitate traffic flow and use smart parking devices which can interface with smart phone apps allowing resident and visitor parking in downtown Saratoga Springs.