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City Plans to Update Streetlights and Trash Site Downtown

Meiying Wu

The city's effort to replace streetlights downtown received a boost Monday night when the Columbia City Council allocated $30,000 from the Downtown Community Improvement District for the project.

The city has identified 94 streetlights in the downtown area to upgrade with more advanced controllers that will enable the lights to be dimmed and brightened. Most of the lights are along or near Broadway, and they should be replaced within one year of finishing the engineering plans.

The downtown district has agreed to pay up to $30,000, and the city is willing to cover up to $270,000.

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