Energy Efficient Lighting on Green Roadway Demonstration ProjectCX(s) Applied: B5.1Date: 07/12/2010Location(s): Miami-Dade County, FloridaOffice(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance
July 12, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: B5.1
Date: 07/12/2010
Location(s): Miami-Dade County, Florida
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Miami-Dade County, Florida proposes to use $829,556 of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding to develop sustainable/green roadways on two of the County's major road corridors. Both roadway corridors are approximately 1 mile in length and primary activities will include the installation of new high-efficiency streetlights where no streetlights exist in lieu of installing the traditional streetlight. Where traditional lighting exists within the corridors, the County will retrofit and/or replace these street lamps with high-efficiency lighting. Additionally, all school flashing signals and pedestrian crossing signals along these corridors will be retrofitted with light-emitting diode (LED) lighting. The combination of LED lighting replacements (for school and pedestrian signals) and street lighting replacements (with high-efficiency lights) is projected to reduce energy consumption by 19,000 kilowatt hours per year. Once the lighting project is completed, in a separate action the County intends to supplement the lighting improvements through local investments in bike paths that will be connected to other existing and proposed bikeways and pedestrian walkways to improve access to no-vehicle traffic areas. Additionally, new roadway paving will be completed and traffic signals optimized to improve vehicular traffic flow and reduce vehicle idling. New tree canopies will be planted to complement the green initiative to enhance carbon absorption while improving the aesthetics and appeal of the corridors.