Jayne Street Solar Streetlight Project Dedication Ceremony in King City on September 23

The City of King held a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on September 22 to dedicate completion of the Jayne Street Solar Streetlight Project. The project includes 8 new streetlights on Jayne Street covering the entire street, which is the City’s first solar streetlight project.

The project cost approximately $115,000, which was funded primarily by King City Community Power. Increasing streetlights was one of the highest ranking priorities identified by the community in the citywide survey and one of the goals of King City Community Power when it was formed. According to Mayor Mike LeBarre, “King City Community Power was formed to keep much needed revenue locally for community needs. That funding is now helping us light our streets to increase safety, security and a better quality of life for our community, which is our top priority.”

The solar streetlight program is the final phase of a three-phase program to increase streetlights throughout the City. The first and second phases were completed in 2018, which included converting existing lights to brighter LED lights and installing over 100 new streetlights throughout the community on existing utility poles.

Jayne Street was selected as the first solar streetlight project site after the City received input from the employees and residents of the Migrant Center and pre-school located on Jayne Street regarding how dark it was at night when they walked to their vehicles. There were almost no lights on that street at that time. The need was identified through a civic engagement program called EnLace, which is operated by the County of Monterey Health Department.

This project will be instrumental in improving the Jayne Street area and overall public safety in the community.

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