Queen Creek bringing new lighting solutions

Solar roadway lighting is allowing the Queen Creek Public Works Department to find lighting solutions for different locations around the town.

Solar roadway lights:

• Bring visibility and safety
• Create their own electricity
• Quickly install
• Reduce maintenance

Check out the solar roadway lights that were installed along two intersections on Hunt Highway.

Jan Martin is the town's traffic engineering and pavement preservation operations manager.

In a reel from the town of Queen Creek’s Facebook page, Martin discusses some of the ways the town is providing roadway lighting on Hunt Highway, “where solar roadway lighting was installed to increase nighttime visibility as pedestrian bicyclists and motorists pass through this location.”

“We can install solar roadway lighting at any location where roadway lighting infrastructure is not available,” Martin stated. “This greatly improves our ability to bring roadway lighting throughout the town and cut down on future maintenance and utility costs, so you may start to see more of these types of lights pop up around town as we work to address current lighting and future roadway lighting concerns.”

Martin stated that if residents see any sort of roadway lighting issues such as lights being burnt out, lights that run 24/7 or areas that seem dark and unsafe to drive at night to report the issue to by visiting QueenCreekaz.gov/SeeClickFix .