The future looks dim for Toronto’s street lights. The city’s bright idea is to spend half a billion dollars to make them shine again
- Posted on January 15, 2026
- By The Toronto Star
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The future looks dim for Toronto’s street lights. The city’s bright idea is to spend half a billion dollars to make them shine again

The city’s streetlight repair budget needs to double to more than half a billion dollars over 10 years in order to speed up the switch to LED lights.