It could cost the City of Moose Jaw almost $200,000 to install streetlights on the North Service Road if it decides to pursue that project, city hall says.
The municipality is responsible for lighting streets, based on the type of road and development plans or requirements for that area, Bevan Harlton, director of engineering, said in his report presented during the April 25 regular city council meeting. If a municipality determines that lighting is required, SaskPower would provide a lighting design to meet the industry standard for that type of road.
With the North Service Road, city hall would be responsible for the installation costs of those streetlights.
SaskPower provided information to city hall about how much it would cost to light the 1,600 metres of that particular road, Harlton continued. The cost per streetlight would be about $7,000 installed, with a monthly billing cost of about $20 per light, depending upon wattage.
The Crown corporation also estimated that to properly light the entire stretch of road, about 23 or 24 streetlights would be required, spaced about 70 metres apart.
Therefore, installing 24 streetlights at about $7,000 each would cost $168,000, while the total monthly billing expense would be roughly $480.
Harlton produced a report about lighting the North Service Road after Coun. Doug Blanc asked during the April 13 meeting about who was responsible for installing lights on that road.
“I read it (the report) over. I will be discussing it with a couple of the businesses on the North Service Road that raised it with me,” Blanc said. “I will tell them it is not in the budget this year, but hopefully, we can have it put in the budget next year or the year after.”
The next regular council meeting is Monday, May 9.
