Work has started to install 10,000 new streetlights across Atlanta in a move officials hope will help reduce crime.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was joined earlier this week by Georgia Power’s Chris Womack, city transportation commissioner Josh Rowan, and City Council member Andrea Boone to celebrate the launch of the citywide “One Atlanta — Light Up the Night” project, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Rowan said Atlanta is already replacing some of the 2,500 broken lights in the city, and there are plans to install 7,500 new lights, especially in the south and west sides of the city.
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