Heritage District under the lights

The Heritage District is getting some TLC from the City of Maricopa. Before it inspired serious discussions about collective bargaining for trash service, the oldest residential area in the city received approval for more street lighting.

The Heritage District is an area south of Edison Road to the First Baptist Church of Maricopa and from Roosevelt Avenue east to Plainview Street. It includes residences and business sites that have been occupied since before housing developments came to town at the turn of the century.

Now, the City is transferring $180,000 toward the purchase and installation of 23 solar street lights to light what are considered underlit streets. The SolarOne lights are mounted on 27-foot-8-inch poles and have a high-efficiency, 300W solar skin.

Tentative placements for the lights are all west of Maricopa Road. They would include three along Lexington Avenue, four along Condrey Avenue and four along Taft Avenue next to Maricopa Unified School District, among others.

The city funding required amending the capital improvement plan to include the solar lights and approving the transfer of funds from the Grants CIP Fund to the Capital Projects Fund.

This item appears in the November issue of InMaricopa.