Street Lighting

General information about streetlights

Roads ACT owns the streetlight assets of the ACT. There are currently 73,000 streetlights along the streets, community paths, and in public places in the ACT. Our current service provider ActewAGL maintains the asset and supplies electricity to the network on behalf of Roads ACT.

Streetlighting initiatives

Current streetlight maintenance objectives are focused on reducing energy consumption and maintaining public safety. In recent years, Roads ACT has sought to replace mercury vapour lighting along the main road networks with relatively energy efficient high pressure sodium lighting. Further, as newer suburbs are developed, high pressure sodium lighting is installed along roads, and paths, where necessary.  For the Tuggeranong Foreshore project the redesigned lighting uses 69 x 150 watt metal halide luninaires, which replace the 119 x 2 x 80 watt mercury vapour luminaires.  That equates to a saving of $3,755/annum or 35.9 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per annum. 

Lighting in shopping areas and carparks is being improved with the installation of cut off white light. White light is the clearest lighting available and this is important for maintaining pedestrian safety. Cut off lighting means that light shining up into the night sky is reduced. Thus the darkness of the night sky is maintained, you can still see the stars!

Contact Canberra Connect for lighting faults 

If you have any issues with street lights, faults or damage and would like to report issues in a particular location you will need to contact Canberra Connect.

Each street light has it's own registration number located on the side of the light. If possible, please include this number when you report any problems with a street light.

You can contact Canberra Connect on 13 22 81 or via our feedback link at www.contact.act.gov.au.