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Moonlit Walks Around White Rock Lake May Be History
Allen Gwinn 2008-05-01 14:07 City of Dallas
UPDATE: White Rock lighting project placed on hold by Sheffie Kadane! Meeting scheduled May 22, 7:30, Winfrey Point For neighbors living around White Rock Lake, their nighttime view of the lake (as well as a quiet moonlit evening) may soon be history. Dallas has begun installing security lights in parking lots and on the East side of the lake. So, who pushed the new security lights to soon ring White Rock Lake? Turns out, it may be a slick sales job by a lighting contractor and may cost millions after new wiring is run to power the 90-100 lights planned for installation in the next couple of years. According to Chip Northrup, this is basically "a case of a consultant to Parks writing themselves into a bond issue - as a vendor." White Rock Crime Lights
James Northrup (not verified) 2008-05-04 08:57
Once word got out on this, Sheffie Kadane called a neighborhood meeting May 22 7:30 at Winfrey Point - So that neighbors and neighborhoods can finally get their word in on. Parks will turn on the lot south of Fisher Road on W Lawther at 8:00 on the 22nd So that neighbors can get an idea of what 150 + crime lots will look like = a bunch of motel parking lots http://news.dallasobserver.com/2008-05-01/news/white-rock-lake-neighbors-want-to-know-whose-bright-idea-it-was-to-install-lights/ Environmental Study?
Paul Woodfield (not verified) 2008-05-03 14:29
Did the City do an environmental study to examine the effect of light on protected bird species.ie herons, egrets, warblers, etc? [Ed Note: Hey Paul! Good to hear from you again! Hope you're doing well.] White Rock Lighting
Carol (not verified) 2008-05-06 20:52
I live in the white rock area and can't believe this is happening. What can we do to help? [Ed Note: Just show up at the meeting, and calmly voice concerns.] White Rock Crime Lights
Chip Northrup (not verified) 2008-05-05 13:17
Good question. The group "For the Love of the Lake" specifically asked about this when the scheme was first proposed. Short answer is that Parks never took wildlife into consideration, much less the natural beauty of the lakeside. This is simply a case of a lighting contractor and some complicit Parks staffers pushing the maximum number of lights possible as close to the lakeside as possible. With money taken from the spillway project and some bond funds. For the benefit of the contractor and the aggrandizement of a handful of advocates + Park's staff. Since the most common crime at the lake is BMV, these lights would simply enable a burglar to see into cars at night to burglarize them. So totally counterproductive. (Security cameras a better deterrent) There is no justification for putting lights along the lake front trails = it harms the environment and the views. |
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