PAWTUCKET DOWNTOWN DESIGN PLAN FINAL ... - VHB.com
PAWTUCKET DOWNTOWN DESIGN PLAN FINAL ... - VHB.com
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Current downtown lighting fixtures<br />
Lighting Replacement Project Option<br />
A second option is for the city to begin a more significant lighting replacement<br />
project that would eliminate the existing miss match of fixtures types and<br />
styles. To do this, the PDDP team re<strong>com</strong>mends that the city participate in an<br />
up<strong>com</strong>ing demonstration and workshop given by the Department of Energy<br />
to best select appropriate fixture and lamp types and hire a lighting consultant<br />
to assist in a detailed plan. This project could include public parking lots and<br />
facilities as well as public sidewalks, streets, and parks. Additionally, DOE<br />
workshop participation will prepare the city to be able to write a grant to obtain<br />
funding from the Department of Energy Municipal Solid-State Street Lighting<br />
Consortium.<br />
There are three resources that can help further this effort:<br />
• The International Dark Sky Association (http://www.darksky.org ) and the<br />
Illuminating Engineering Society of North America is developing standards<br />
for reducing light pollution, including a Model Lighting Ordinance.<br />
• The recently established LEED Neighborhood development Program has<br />
established a Light Pollution Reduction Credit which also establishes best<br />
practice standards (see addendum*).<br />
• The US Department of Energy has recently established the Municipal<br />
Solid-State Street Lighting Consortium that helps identify LED products<br />
and can help facilitate grant awards.<br />
Lighting Quality Inventory<br />
Main Street<br />
Pedestrian-oriented lighting; adequate visibility; poor quality fixture<br />
North Union<br />
North segment - Auto-oriented lighting; inadequate visibility; poor quality fixture<br />
South segment - Pedestrian-oriented lighting; adequate visibility; poor quality<br />
fixture<br />
High Street<br />
Auto-oriented lighting; inadequate visibility; poor quality fixture<br />
Summer Street<br />
Pedestrian-oriented lighting; mostly adequate visibility; poor quality fixture<br />
Roosevelt Avenue<br />
Auto-oriented lighting; over lit due to adjacent parking; poor quality fixture<br />
Exchange Street<br />
MIxture of pedestrian and Auto-oriented lighting; mostly adequate visibility;<br />
poor quality fixture<br />
East Avenue Extension<br />
Auto-oriented lighting; mostly inadequate visibility; poor quality fixture<br />
PDDP <strong>FINAL</strong> REPORT<br />
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