https://n2v.almanacnews.com/square/print/2010/08/31/more-light-coming-to-portola-valley-town-center-at-night


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More light coming to Portola Valley Town Center at night

Original post made on Aug 31, 2010

The Portola Valley Town Council endorsed a go-slow approach to increasing artificial light at the Town Center, which now is so naturally dark that a recent star-gazing party had a view of the Milky Way.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 10:46 AM

Comments

Posted by pv resident
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Aug 31, 2010 at 10:59 am

i appreciate the measured approach, but it still seems nuts to spend $20k+ on lighting for what i can guess are only a handful of users. issue some flashlights or head lamps and call it a day.


Posted by Joseph E. Davis
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Aug 31, 2010 at 12:57 pm

This is the government we are talking about. Why spend a few hundred dollars on a Home Depot style project when you can enlist an army of gold-plated consultants and union employees to do it for tens of thousands of dollars?