Surrey council to vote on upgrading 1,003 Cloverdale streetlights with LED technology

Surrey council to vote on upgrading 1,003 Cloverdale streetlights with LED technology

Published 1:15 pm Friday, June 26, 2026

Surrey council will consider awarding contracts on June 29 that if approved will see 1,003 streetlights in Cloverdale upgraded with LED technology from current high-intensity discharge fixtures.

“When completed, the LED streetlighting will improve nighttime road safety, and reduce energy and electrical maintenance operating costs. Approximately 12,000 HID fixtures will remain for future upgrading,” Surrey’s manager of engineering explains to council in a coming corporate report.

Council will vote on authorizing an $183,690 agreement between city hall and the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority to support the upgrade, buying 1,003 LED streetlight fixtures from LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. to cost $445,000, and awarding a $142,342 contract to Standard Electric BC Ltd. (with a $157,000 spending limit) for LED streetlight fixture installation.

Neuman said Surrey’s engineering department maintains roughly 35,000 streetlights and of these, approximately 13,000 HID fixtures have yet to be replaced with LED fixtures.