Menlo streetlights go green

Original post made on Jan 21, 2011

About 20 percent of Menlo Park's 2,300 street lights will start to shine a little brighter and burn a little less energy once the city finishes replacing 445 sodium bulbs with light-emitting diode (LED) fixtures.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 21, 2011, 11:52 AM

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Posted by Sybille
a resident of Menlo Park: Fair Oaks
on Jan 21, 2011 at 3:36 pm

And now let's hope that they will de-activate the light that lets people drive (!) straight across El Camino Real from the former dealership onto Middle Ave. Only the pedestrian light is needed in that direction.

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Posted by Evelyn
a resident of another community
on Jan 22, 2011 at 12:49 pm

Oh, rats! I thought the headline meant that motorists would have green lights all the way through the business district on El Camino Real! Any time the City makes a "geen" change like this, it's a very progressive step while saving money. Good news.

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