The streetlights are being installed in response to complaints of several areas of town that are especially dark at night.
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In response to complaints of some darker areas around town, the Truesdale Board of Aldermen is moving forward with installing additional street lights in a few key locations.
The lights are divided between directional lights and streetlights that will illuminate the surrounding area and are going to be installed at four locations in Truesdale according to Truesdale City Treasurer Missy Bachamp.
Those locations include a directional light pointed at the basketball court at Bruer Park on Smith Street, a directional light facing the storage units at the corner of Pinkney and South Street, along with regular lights installed on Laura Street at the entrance of the Parks at Fox Creek, the entrance to the Heritage Landing subdivision on Veterans Memorial Parkway.
The connection to power and installation of new light poles are being handled by Ameren as the electric provider for the city. The city is paying for their installation.
“They’re (Ameren) actually the ones that are gonna be doing the work,” said City Clerk Elsa Smith-Fernandez.
The city has approved the installation of those lights and Ameren is waiting on confirmation of payment to begin work, according to Smith-Fernandez. Steven Harlan, with Truesdale Public Works said that while there is not an exact timeline for the streetlights’ construction they will likely be completed in roughly a month to a month and a half.
There was also discussion by board members about two options presented by Ameren for the new streetlights at Heritage Landing and Laura Street at the Sept. 25 board meeting.
Harlan said Ameren provided them with two options for the addition of new light poles. While both options involve new street poles, Ameren officials said they could either run electrical underground or they could use overhead lines to connect the lights to power.
Both Harlan and the board agreed that the option with overhead lines was preferred. Both options would require the city to pay Ameran for the work but adding an underground line would require the city to hire an outside contractor as well to complete the necessary street work.
Instead the board voted to move forward with the construction of the new streetlights, including the installation of new overhead lines to power them where required on Laura Street and outside of the Heritage Landing subdivision.
