Public lighting assets are all assets that have a primary function of facilitating illumination of public spaces within our City.

They include;

• Lighting for main roads
• Lighting for local streets and carparks
• Reserve lighting assets (primarily for transport functions through reserves i.e. lighting paths through reserves)
• Sportsground lighting
• Decorative lighting

This AMP aims to ensure that all public lighting assets are replaced prior to reaching a poor condition (condition 4) and are replaced with current LED technology. Key criteria that are considered in decision making of replacement/upgrade include, age, condition, technology, ongoing maintenance issues, risk, current/future use demands, population and interaction with adjoining land uses.

In order to fulfil the asset strategy in the Public Lighting AMP, we continue to provide services over the 10 year planning period from 2020/2021 until 2029/2030, an average spend of $1.61 million per year on, renewal, new and upgrade of public lighting assets would be required.

The level of service is our defined level which service performance may be measured. Service levels relate to the quality, quantity, reliability, responsiveness, environmental impact, acceptability and cost of the asset.

Street lights

We are currently working in partnership with SAPN (SA Power Networks) on delivering LED upgrades, across the city on all street lights. We commenced this upgrade in 2018/19 and it’s expected to be completed by 2025. Council has already converted approximately 8,000 lights out of 13,000 to the LED technology.

Council owned reserve lights and decorative lights
Our proposed service level is to replace Council owned lights that are in condition 4 and 5 with LED infrastructure. This will ensure the network remains better than a condition 4.