KENNEBUNK, Maine – The select board has authorized town administrators and officials to meet with representatives of the Kennebunk Light and Power District to resolve what Chair Blake Baldwin described as an impasse regarding streetlights.
At issue is the town’s LED lighting project and its recent discovery that KLPD – not the town – owns the 800-plus streetlights that would be involved. Central Maine Power owns the other streetlights in the community.
Town Manager Michael Pardue said Tuesday that he had contacted KLPD Director Todd Shea about organizing a discussion and coordinating schedules.
“I view this as a partnership and am confident that upcoming discussions will prove fruitful,” Pardue said.
Kennebunk streetlight conversion hits snag
It turns out the town doesn t own the lights; Select board hopes to work out a resolution with KLPD.
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Kennebunk voters approved a conversion to LED of more than 800 streetlights in town, but the select board later learned the town doesn’t own the existing lights, so they plan to meet with Kennebunk Light and Power District officials to work out a resolution.
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KENNEBUNK – Voters in the July 14, 2020, municipal election approved a bond for new LED streetlights – part of a package that also included street work, an ambulance, a couple of police cruisers and other items. The premise on the streetlight conversion was to reduce Kennebunk’s carbon footprint and lower operating costs.
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Brown said several people started calling his office more than three weeks ago to ask procedure-related questions about the nomination papers, which will be available at the Kennebunk Town Hall starting Feb. 26. Such early interest is a first, he said.
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Leslye Ames, piano teacher [Credit: Facebook]
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