Why some downtown street lights are going out [Video]

INTO THE APARTMENT, BUT NO ONE WAS THERE. SOME DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE STREETS HAVE GONE DARK. WE’VE NOTICED A LOT OF POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT’S GOING ON. WELL, PEYTON SPELLACY IS LIVE DOWNTOWN WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING. HEY, PEYTON. YEAH, TODD. PUBLIC WORK OFFICIALS TELL ME THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS WHY A STREETLIGHT COULD BE OUT. ONE OF BIG ONE BEING CAR ACCIDENTS. BUT IN OTHER CASES, SOME COULD BE COPPER THIEVES STEALING THE WIRING. THOUGH THE CITY SAYS CROOKS MAY BE DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THE WIRES ARE ACTUALLY MADE OF ALUMINUM. BUT IN THIS CASE, CASE LIGHTS ON FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET ARE JUST GETTING AN UPGRADE. WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR RENOVATION HERE FOR THESE LIGHTS DOWNTOWN. PART OF A $2 MILLION GRANT FROM THE STATE THAT IS REDOING ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THE UNDERGROUND STUFF. YOU DON’T SEE. …