Newly upgraded LED lights will soon be brightening up the roadway along Illinois tollways.
Wednesday, leaders from Illinois Tollway and ComEd discussed their joint effort to provide new energy-efficient LED fixtures to the tollway.
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ComEd Energy Efficiency Program is helping to fund the tollway efforts to upgrade the system.
The upgraded system aims to increase safety, while reducing energy consumption and saving money.
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Multiple construction projects are currently underway to retrofit existing light fixtures. The Illinois Tollway expects by 2021 that 90 percent of the system lighting will be LED, including a large portion of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90), all of the Illinois Route 390 Tollway and portions of the Tru-State Tollway (I-94), Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355) and the Reagan Memorial Tollway (I-88). Some segments have already been completed.
State tollway officials said they plan to have all LED lighting installed by the end of 2026.