As part of its strategic plan to enhance environmental sustainability and improve public safety, the City of Norfolk has developed a multi-year project to convert all streetlights from the current high-pressure sodium (HPS) fixtures to the more energy efficient light emitting diode or (LED) fixtures.

LEDs require less maintenance and are more energy efficient, which contributes to a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emission associated with their use. Streetlights are important to the safety of our City, and in addition to being more efficient, LEDs also create a more even spread of light, minimizing bright and dark spots. The light appears brighter and whiter, making it easier than traditional yellow looking HPS lights to identify what’s illuminated below. The new light fixture will be similar in style to the existing fixtures. Public Lighting

All these factors contribute to the City’s plan to convert the over 30,000 streetlights to LEDs. To complete this project in an economical and efficient manner, the conversion will occur in five phases over the next five years. This project is budgeted in the Capital Improvement Fund.

Light flow, safety, equity, and budget considerations were the factors considered that produced the conversion schedule below. To see when lights in your neighborhood will be converted check out the map below.

The city policy regarding the installation of street lighting on residential streets is done through the following process. 

Although it is recognized that a certain amount of illumination will spill onto private properties as a result of the installation of the streetlights, no shielding or shading of any type will be authorized in order to prevent this from occurring.

Report a streetlight in need of repair on the Dominion Energy website. 

View the Street Lights and Outages Reports dataset on the Norfolk Open Data portal.

View the Streetlight Outages Map

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