LED COMPLIANCE Davao City to have 100 percent LED streetlighting by end of 2023

By MAYA M. PADILLO

member of the Davao City Council announced on Thursday that by the end of the year, all the streets of Davao City are expected to be lit entirely by Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights.

Councilor Louie John Bonguyan, chair of the Committee of Energy and Water of the City Council, said the LED streetlighting project complies with Davao City Ordinance No. 0409-18 Series of 2018 or the LED Ordinance of Davao City, also known as the “LED Street Lighting Project.”

The measure requires Davao Light and Power Company (DLCP) to replace all existing old-

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style HPS lights with LED lights on all street lighting facilities in the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City within a 5-year implementation schedule.

Up to now, DLPC has already replaced 90 to 95 percent of all existing HPS street lights with LED lights.

“Makita karon na 90 to 95 percent ang conversion sa sodi-

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