Let There Be Light
BC Hydro’s Randy Robertson, Ed Brigden, Cathy Bryant, and Bob Gammer join Mayor Lyn Hall when the lights came online – photo courtesy City of PG
Prince George, B.C.- The City of Prince George has come through on a request that was made during the neighbourhood conversations in October of last year.
The request was for increased lighting along Tyner Boulevard, a stretch of roadway that links the University to College Heights.
Until this evening, much of that roadway was pitch black at night , making it difficult for motorists to see wildlife crossing, and difficult for those who frequent the trail that runs adjacent to the roadway.
Working with BC Hydro, the City has now installed 33 street lights on the BC Hydro poles along that stretch of roadway. The capital cost to the City was in the $55-$56 thousand dollar range, and annual costs for electricity will be about $9,000.
“This was a fantastic collaboration between the City of Prince George and BC Hydro,” says Mayor Lyn Hall. “This project increases the safety of the residents who live in the three city subdivisions that run along Tyner. Having this route paved and well lit, especially for the high volume of traffic going to and from UNBC and the Charles Jago Northern Sport Centre, is very important safety step for Prince George.”
BC Hydro’s Bob Gammer says the opportunity to add the lighting came up when Hydro decided to replace the poles along the roadway.
150 watt high-pressure sodium lights are mounted on cedar poles and ensure that the entire stretch from Foothills Blvd. and University Way is lit all the way to the intersection with Highway 16 West.
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Pulpmill road needs lights… its a very heavily used road… a wee bit more than Tyner.. at least those 3 little subdivisions can see.. hell with all the workers driving pulpmill road.
P Val
Have you contacted the city about this need along Pulpmill road? I am sure the local representatives would listen to your concerns if they were addressed in the apropriate realm. Of course if actual improvement is not your goal, continue listing on 250news places you feel should have lighting before others.
Foothills north has no lights, and was built long before Tyner. we’ve been waiting a long time for lights on that stretch of road. Just as many moose and deer there.
As mentioned to P Val… have you formally contacted the city, or are you simply “waiting a long time”?
I know from experience, waiting without action tends to do little good.
Lighting on Foothills Blvd was requested during the Hart neighborhood conversation in June of last year.
Hwy 16 west from the firehall to Cycle North needs lights.
This is BC province responsibility
I wonder why, in this day and age, they would not have spent a little more up front and specified l.e.d. lamps?
Their benefits:
– far lower operating cost compared to h.p.s.
– far longer service life ” ” ”
Disadvantages:
– higher initial cost (but not by that much anymore)
– (may) not light as much area per lamp (not sure on that)
Happy to see this project done, now let’s hope they address some of the other areas in the city that really need the same treatment.
metalman.
This way in two years they can apply for grant money to put in the LED lights and create more work, with our tax dollars. Don’t do the project right the first time, so you can create work.
I am really glad to see this council proactive in dealing with issues in the city. Hopefully the work they have been doing will make PG a better place to live and a better image in the long term for the outsiders.
The poles replaced on Tyner where made out of concrete and due to a manufacturing defect the rebar in them was corroding.
This would be the Provinces responsibility, sure could use lights on the Hart Highway which has been there forever.
Nothing like another photo op for the Mayor.
Boundary road has some nice lights. I’m sure the 2 or 3 people who use it appreciate them.
The mayor lives in the area..surprised?
Tyner is a two lane, narrow shouldered road, so any help with visibility is welcomed.
LunarcomPG – applying for a grant in the future under a power saving scheme, good point, it’s a distinct possibility. That would be the political way to do it all right.
metalman.
How nice for the fat cats on Tyner. So ehen is there going to be more than three streetlamps per block on Carney. That road is a lot more heavily used than Tyner.
Oh, I get it there are no Uni profs living in that area.
So all the students living in dorms at the university are “fat cats”? The students and other young people in the basement suites? How about the kids who have to cross Tyner on dark winter mornings to catch the bus? There’s not so much as a cross walk for them. I’ve witnessed several near misses as so many people are going 20-30k over the limit. Lights may be needed elsewhere, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t needed on Tyner.
Students living in dorms do not need the entire length of Tyner boulevard lit up to get around. As for students needing to cross the road to catch a bus, a light-controlled crossing would have been a better expenditure than lights down the length of Tyner.
The lights on Tyner were installed because the city is taking care of the privileged that live in those subdivisions, just like the trail up there immediately got paved even though other trails that have existed in this city for decades have yet to see a sniff of asphalt.
Tyner may need lights, but that street should have to wait 40 years for proper lighting, just like Carney and other bowl area streets have had to wait and are still waiting for upgraded lighting.
As someone who has driven and still drives from CH to the Hart going over Tyner and up Foothills 2 – 3 times a week for the past 15 years I will say Tyner has way more traffic. Particularily in the past 5 years. I can often run my high beams from Highland street right to N. Nechacko. Can’t go 30 seconds down Tyner with out meeting another car. This also provided a reasonable amount of light along the heavily used pathway along Tyner. Which Foot hills doesn’t have.
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