Solar-powered street lights enhancing safety in Albuquerque [Video]

ANALYSIS. NEW. THIS MORNING, SOLAR POWERED STREETLIGHTS ARE COMING TO ALBUQUERQUE, AND IT’S ALL MEANT TO KEEP YOU SAFE. GENEVIEVE GLASS LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS. AND GENEVIEVE, YOU WERE SAYING SOME OF THESE LIGHTS WERE RECENTLY INSTALLED ON CANDELARIA? YEAH, THEY SURE WERE. TODD AND ROYALS. I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LOOK AT THOSE RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE. ONE OF THEM WAS ALSO INSTALLED NEAR EUBANK AND CONSTITUTION, AS WELL AS OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. NOW, THE CITY INSTALLED THESE SOLAR LIGHTS TO ENHANCE SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN WHAT THEY CALL CONFLICT AREAS. THAT’S WHERE CARS COULD BE GETTING INTO CRASHES. CITY LEADERS TELLING US THAT THESE LIGHTS, THOUGH PRICIER THAN TRADITIONAL ONES, ARE COST EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG RUN. SAVING ON ELECTRICITY NOW, THEY ALSO LAST LONGER AND DON’T GET KNOCKED DOWN AS OFTEN. …