| | |  News from Around Banderas Bay | January 2009 
Puerto Vallarta to Receive 23,000 City Lights
 Vallarta Opina Milenio
| | On January 26th, Puerto Vallarta Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal announced his plan to implement the renewal and replacement of almost 23,000 city lights. | |
As with other major cities, Puerto Vallarta also struggles to continue with the ever demanding needs of public infrastructure repair and maintenance.
On Monday, January 26, 2009, Mayor Javier Bravo Carbajal announced during his Dialogos con mi Presidente (Dialogues with My Mayor) program in El Pitillal, an extremely robust program to implement the renewal and replacement of almost 23,000 city lights at an investment of $90 million pesos.
This is, without a doubt, one of the largest city programs to modernize city street lighting in the history of Puerto Vallarta. This infrastructure program will allow for 22,806 city lights to be replaced throughout the entire city, as it is estimated that only 70% work properly.
Purchasing new street light is not the only thing Mayor Bravo is considering. He also took into consideration other benefits such as increased environmental culture. These new lights will be environmentally friendly power saving models that will reduce the cost of lighting by 33% within four years.
These new 50 watt lights work as well or better than the existing 150 watt lights, and will have a useful life of 55 thousand hours, about twice as long as the existing lighting. They are hermetically sealed for protection from dust and water, will not require ongoing maintenance, and are 100% recyclable.
One of the many important reasons for this new infrastructure project is the expectation that public security will be incrementally increased by having better lighting in our streets, parks and avenues, bringing further tranquility to the city's approximate 350,000 residents.
Translated by BanderasNews reporter, Salvador Murguía |
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