Description
The new LED street light is much too bright and needs to be shielded from direct view of the houses. The bright light is shining directly at our house. The manufacturer makes "house shields" and "light trespass shields". The light is also adjustable. The brightness needs to be adjusted and/or the shields need to be added. That is why they make them to fit onto these LED lights. Leaving them off creates light pollution and glare issues for the residents.
7 Comments
City of Raleigh 6 (Verified Official)
Acknowledged NICK (Verified Official)
HB (Registered User)
Thank you for looking into this. Just a couple of things to add.
1) You mentioned that the brightness is set by federal and state standards. However, the new lights are significantly brighter than the old ones, they make the entire street look like it is daytime. Everytime I look outside, it appears as if there is a car on the street shining their headlights way too bright. So unless the old lights did not satisfy the standards, something is not right there.
2) My entire neighborhood is up in arms about these outrageously bright lights that have been put up, so it is very sirprising to hear that you have received more positive feedback than negative. That is not what has been the case throughout my neighborhood.
Neil Riemann (Guest)
glenwoodian (Registered User)
I am sure the city has received more positive than negative comments, they are much more effective at lighting an area... but having said that, there are many places especially in older neighborhoods where the homes are close to the street (unlike in the 'burbs with their deep front yards) that the intensity and/or focusing is not appropriate. I hope the city will keep these differences in mind when reading the requests to adjust the new lights.
LEDs are available that can fit much better for the older neighborhoods and anywhere residences are too close for lighting made for main arteries and expressways/highways. Thanks for your hard work on this!
Closed City of Raleigh 2 (Verified Official)
glenwoodian (Registered User)