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HARARE City Council is embarking on a smart street lighting project that will see over 1 200 street lights installed around the city to revamp the capital’s lighting infrastructure.
In a statement, Harare City Council acting head of mechanical and electrical engineering, Engineer Calvin Chigariro, said the pilot project will cover 35 kilometres of the city’s major road network.
Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Rwanda Energy Group are partnering the municipality for the project.
“The project will see 1 202 street lights be installed throughout the major road network in the city.
“As part of the project, we are going to install a back office with a management system that monitors performance of street lights.
“We will be able to control the switching on, the lighting levels and dimming of the lights from our back office,” Eng Chigariro said.
He said the system enables monitoring of performance, power consumption as well as faults or vandalism.
“The project covers Airport Road, Seke Road, Julius Nyerere, the stretch of Samora Machel between Rekai Tangwena and Enterprise, Seventh Street and Chancellor Avenue up to Churchill.
“The pilot project will also cover Rekai Tangwena, Bishop Gaul and Gangues Road.”
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter