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City of Madison

Traffic Engineering - Yang Tao, Director

NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM:

Street Light Requests


Process for requesting a NEW street light

  • Contact your Alder or the Traffic Engineering dept with your request
  • A City employee will reach out to you to discuss options
  • The City will perform a study to determine if your request is warranted
    • The City may recommend no changes, based on city ordinances, existing infrastructure, and budgetary restrictions
    • The City may request that you or your neighborhood contribute to the funding of a new street light or fixture
  • The City will create and distribute an online petition to determine if other nearby residents support an additional street light
    • A unanimous agreement is not required, just a majority
  • If the neighborhood will contribute to the funding of the installation, the Traffic Engineering Dept will take the deposit. If the neighborhood is not funding the any part of the work, this step will be skipped.
  •  Traffic Engineering will perform the work or authorize the work be done by MG&E or Alliant Energy
  • Any remaining portion of the deposit will be returned after the project has completed

   Note: This process may take several months, or longer (installation is weather dependent)

Process for other street light request

(brighter light, light shining into home, removal etc)

  • Contact your Alder or the Traffic Engineering dept with your request
  • A City employee may reach out to you to discuss options
  • The City may perform a study to determine if your request is warranted
    • The City may recommend no changes, based on city ordinances, existing infrastructure, and budgetary reasons
  • It is unlikely, but you may be asked to partially fund any alterations. The Traffic Engineering dept will take the deposit.
    • If you are unable to help fund the alteration, we may contact your alder or neighborhood association to see if they would like to help fund
  • Traffic Engineering will perform the work or authorize the work be done by MG&E or Alliant Energy
  • Any remaining portion of the deposit will be returned after the project has completed

   

    Note: This process may take several weeks, or longer dependent on the weather

 

To request a repair or to report a street light outage, please use the City's Report A Problem portal