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Home My WebLink AboutIR 8811INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS To the Mayor and Members of the City Council r a SUBJECT: ROADWAY LIGHTING PROGRAM UPDATE No. 8811 December 19, 2006 Page 1 of 2 This Informal Report is to respond to Council's request for an update on the roadway lighting program. FREEWAY LIGHTING: The freeway lighting system is in very poor condition. On December 6th, 2005, Council authorized the award of contract to Republic Electric, Inc., for the maintenance of freeway lighting. A project kick -off meeting was held on Wednesday, March 1St, 2006, and work began immediately along SH -121 from IH- 35W east to the City limits. A major issue, and the cause of many of the light outages, is the numerous outages caused by cable cuts and electrical grounds. These failures are hard to isolate and labor intensive to repair. That being said, we are not pleased with the contractor's performance. Republic Electric has struggled with obtaining the equipment and labor to establish their local operation. Based on feedback from staff, the contractor has improved their equipment and staffmg situation and they have stepped up their efforts resulting in a marked improvement in the last several months. The bottom line is that we do not think that the freeway lighting is improved as much as it should be at this time, but we have seen recent progress. We will continue to monitor the contractor's progress. ARTERIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING With the adoption of the 2005 -06 General Fund budget, Council approved shifting staff from street light installation to nighttime lighting maintenance. These additional night crews are handling lamp and head replacements on arterial and residential roadways while the day crews are focusing on repairing cable cuts and electrical grounds. The following performance measures track the success of this resource reallocation: The number of street light trouble calls received in the last three months decreased 21% from the same time period last year. In the last three months the average response time has improved from 6.5 days to two days The backlog of locations with cable cuts or electrical ground repairs decreased from 97 locations to one location. We continue to track statistics on the Street Light Installation and Maintenance Program: The following data is for October 1St, 2005, through September 30th, 2006: ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS T[R�O To the Mayor and Members of the City Council t L V SUBJECT: ROADWAY LIGHTING PROGRAM UPDATE No. December 19, 2006 Page 2 The. table above illustrates the increased emphasis on maintenance activities. The arterial and residential street light program has shown marked improvement and we expect those improvements to continue. z Charles R. Boswell City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS Annual Average FY 06 Actual Percent Change New street lights installed 1043 1943 +86% Lamps replaced 6585 8114 +23% Lighting heads replaced on arterials 1005 1507 +50% Streetlight knock downs repaired 290 183 -37% Street light cable cuts repaired 38 97 +155% Roadway light trouble calls responded to 4636 5059 +9% Page 2 The. table above illustrates the increased emphasis on maintenance activities. The arterial and residential street light program has shown marked improvement and we expect those improvements to continue. z Charles R. Boswell City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS