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Yorkton,
Saskatchewan
" Downtown
& West Broadway Decorative Lighting Project
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West
Broadway Corridor |
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These
photos were taken October 1st, 2006 at the intersection of
Highways 10A and 52 at the west end of the West Broadway portion
of the project.
At left and right are 'before & after' photos, first
with the FCOs added, and then with the incumbent cobras
removed.
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amber lights in the background of photo 2 are low pressure
sodium lamps; they too have since been replaced (photos
pending). |

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I kind of like the look of the new lights (3). When other
than right under the light, the
unobtrusive green light ring is all you really see. A 'pathway' effect is provided without
using the bright lamps to do so.
I wasn't sure of the wisdom of using such a short pole
(4); the intersection is 2 or 3 lanes wide each direction with
fixtures placed either on the central median or along side the
roadway, but as noted in photo 2, there is no real dark
area. |

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Photos
5 & 6 (right) are day and night photos showing the reverse
view from the same location. To note is how unobtrusive
the FCOs are directly behind the traffic signals.
Contrast this to the lamps in the downtown area (photo 7,
below). The glare not only makes street markers all but
impossible to read, they overwhelm the traffic lights
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As
nice as the FCOs are from a distance, because they are
very bright and quite closely spaced, you get a kind of
a 'strobe' effect when driving beneath them. I
don't know if it's the brightness of the lamp or if I'm
just overly-sensitive to the effect because I'm watching
for it. I'd be interested in other opinions.
Regardless, they are light-years ahead of the high
pressure cobras (and low-pressure sodiums) they are
replacing, not only from a light pollution aspect, but
aesthetically as well. |

FCO day view |
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Below
are a few photos of the downtown lighting 'upgrade'.
The acorns are a nice touch in the daytime,
but at night, the downtown morphs into something out of a Steven
King movie. |
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