LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – A dozen solar-powered streetlights are coming to the East Las Vegas Valley, all as part of a pilot program to stop copper wire thieves from taking out lights.
Crews have started to put in lights off St. Louis Avenue and Palm Street, just east of Fremont Street. County officials will install 12 on the block.
County officials said each streetlight costs $3,761, amounting to a total of $5,600 with labor costs.
Fonroche Lighting America explained to FOX5 how it works.
“It’s all autonomous, so it’s going to work all through the night. It’s going to provide the light levels that that the city requires,” said Todd Houghton with Fonroche Lighting America. “There’s hardly any copper in these lights at all, if any. It’s all up top,” he said.
“It may be cost-prohibitive to to do it everywhere, but anything we can do to start making a dent in this, [for] the neighborhoods, the major …