Planning & Development - Street Light Repairs & Requests
The City of Duluth will provide street lighting within a residential
subdivision upon written request from the homeowner's association via a
petition. If you would like to have street lights installed within your
subdivision, please submit to the Department of Planning and Development a
petition signed by the property owner's within the subdivision. Upon receipt of
a petition, the City will have the local electric provider do a survey of the
area to determine how many lights are needed and at which location (based on
national lighting standards). If it is found that there is not adequate lighting
being provided by the existing street lights, then the City may install a street
light at locations based on a recommendation from the local utility provider. If
there is an existing utility pole, and a fixture simply needs to be installed on
that pole, the same process applies.
The City will pay for the installation of street lights and the monthly energy
charges. Gwinnett County does not offer this same service, Gwinnett County
residents are billed on their electric bill through the utility company.
On City maintained streets, when a pole is damaged or knocked down the City will
replace under certain terms. Where there is decorative lighting, the City will
pay the amount of a standard pole toward installation of a new pole. The City
will not cover the entire cost of replacing a decorative pole.
If you are interested, contact the Planning Department at 770.497.5294, by email
or simply download the
petition and submit to the Planning Department.
To report street light outages, please click here.