[Durham INC] New LED Lighting Coming to the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage Next Week

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News Release
For Immediate Release: March 1, 2018

New LED Lighting Coming to the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage Next Week

DURHAM, N.C. - Visitors using the City of Durham's Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage<http://www.parkdurham.org/> will soon experience a brighter environment thanks to a lighting upgrade project that begins next week.

The Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage is the last of the City's parking garages to be upgraded to LED lighting, and overnight work will begin on Monday, March 5 beginning at 7 p.m. Work is planned to continue over four nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The garage will remain open during this project, and visitors are asked to be mindful of this construction work when parking in the garage at night throughout the duration of this project.

For the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage project, the City estimates an annual savings of 200,000kWh or about $12,000 in electric costs with the installation of this new lighting. LED lighting has already been installed in the City's Church Street Parking Garage, Corcoran Street Parking Garage, Durham Centre Parking Garage, and the City Hall Annex Parking Garage.

The City's General Services Department teamed with the City's Transportation Department, Republic Parking System, and Duke Energy to bring this lighting upgrade to the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage, with 75 percent of this $96,636 project being funded through the Duke Energy Small Business Energy Saver Program.

This Duke Energy program has also been used to help pay for LED lighting projects at the City's Fleet Management Department; Durham Parks and Recreation's Edison Johnson Recreation and Aquatics Center and Weaver Street Recreation Center; Durham Fire Department's Administration Building and Fire Station 11; and the Public Works Department's Operations Center.

This is not the only infrastructure maintenance that's taken place at the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage, which contains 328 parking spaces. Designed and built in 1968, the garage underwent structural and ramp repairs in 2013 and 2014. In addition to this LED lighting project, the garage is also now undergoing elevator upgrades<http://durhamnc.gov/2960/Downtown-Parking-Deck-Elevator-Moderniza>, and later this year, will receive stairwell improvements. The garage's adjacent surface lot, which contains an additional 52 parking spaces, is also receiving pole-light upgrades.

Visit the Sustainability and Energy Use Reduction website<http://durhamnc.gov/822/Sustainability-Energy-Management> for more information on the City's commitment   to ensuring environmental stewardship. For more information about the Chapel Hill Street Parking Garage LED lighting project, contact Senior Construction Project Manager Donna Maskill with the City's General Services Department at 919-560-4197, ext. 21228 or Donna.Maskill at DurhamNC.gov<mailto:Donna.Maskill at DurhamNC.gov>.

About the City of Durham General Services Department
The General Services Department<http://durhamnc.gov/733/> builds and maintains City properties to make Durham a great place for people to live, work, and play. Guided by the City's Strategic Plan<http://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan>, the department's core functions include the acquisition and sale of properties, design and management of new construction and renovation projects, building maintenance, landscaping and urban forestry services, cemeteries management, sustainability and energy management, and supporting the nonprofit Keep Durham Beautiful<http://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan>.

About the City of Durham Transportation Department
The Transportation Department<http://durhamnc.gov/1002/Transportation> is responsible for a broad range of transportation services, which include traffic signs and signals, transportation planning, parking operations<http://www.parkdurham.org/>, street lighting, taxicab administration, and bicycle and pedestrian planning. The department also oversees GoDurham<http://godurhamtransit.org/> and GoDurham ACCESS<http://godurhamtransit.org/access> as well as leads planning functions for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization<http://www.dchcmpo.org/> (DCHC MPO), which is the regional organization that is responsible for planning and programming state and federal transportation projects in the urbanized areas of Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties. Guided by the City's Strategic Plan<http://durhamnc.gov/183/Strategic-Plan>, the department helps to strengthen the foundation, enhance the value, and improve the quality and sustainability of neighborhoods that are necessary for a strong and diverse community.

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