COHOES, N.Y. â The Spindle City is planning to switch out its 1,598 street lights to energy-efficient Light-Emitting Diode (LED) bulbs with smart lighting infrastructure, at an expected savings of $9 million across 20 years.
Mayor Bill Keeler is proposing to invest $750,000 of that taxpayer savings into a comprehensive renewal of the city s parks and playgrounds, starting this summer.
The initiative is included in a proposed Historic Cleaner Greener Cohoes bond, which also includes a previously announced plan to invest an additional $3-million of the savings to support the municipal building energy efficiency programs in the mayor s Restore Historic Cohoes initiative.
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