Why We Don't Put Lights Along All County Roads
Frankly, we couldn't afford to install, maintain, and pay for electricity for street lighting
along all county roads. For that reason, our policy is to install street lighting when there
is a traffic-related need only at the following locations:
- Signalized intersections
- Arterials with curbs, islands, or median within the travelway
- As part of major construction projects in areas with a high concentration of commercial development
- Arterial locations having high reported accident histories where a significantly
large proportion of those accidents happened at night
- Intersections that have been identified for future signalization where lighting can
be economically installed on a short-term basis
Requesting Street Lights and Reporting Outages
If you would like us to consider a location that meets one of the above criteria for street lighting, please
email us or call us at (253) 798-7250. Include the road name and cross street(s), your name, address, and daytime telephone number.
To report an outage of a county-operated street light, please call (253) 798-8000.
If you are interested in street lighting or want to report an outage (at a non-county maintained location), contact your local utility company. For your convenience some of the local power company phone numbers are listed below.