THE Government is implementing a street light energy saving initiative, with the commencement of a pilot project, to be undertaken in three parishes over the next six months.

The initiative, being jointly implemented by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development, and the United States-based technology and engineering solutions firm, Green Energy RG LLC, is aimed at significantly reducing the cost to the budget to maintain the country’s approximately 93,000 street lights, which totals upwards of $2 billion per annum.

Energy-saving streetlights in Priory, St Ann - File.
Energy-saving streetlights in Priory, St Ann – File.

The Government has begun its pilot programme of introducing energy efficient street lights.

The programme, which kicked off on Tuesday, will see some $5,000 solar panels being installed in sections of Clarendon, Kingston, St. Andrew, and St. Catherine.

The initiative is aimed at reducing the government