On 16 September 2013 - SPIE Sud-Ouest and the municipality of Juvignac have signed a public-private partnership for reconstruction, management and maintenance of public lighting installations, Light Signalling Tricolore, the CCTV and the broadband communications of the city.

This 18-year contract worth €8.8 million is to be implemented in 2 phases. Over the first 14 months, a major portion of the ageing Juvignac public lighting installations, i.e. 1,144 street lamps, 890 lampposts and 37 electric cabinets will be replaced. During this first phase of the renovation project the current equipment will be replaced by much more efficient new equipment. The top priority will be to replace the existing mercury-based lamps as they are extremely inefficient.

A further renovation phase will be deferred until 2027 when work is to begin to replace 213 lamps and 163 lampposts which, for the moment, still comply with energy efficiency requirements.

A remote management system is to be installed as from the first renovation phase on part of the street lighting installations. By using this technology in combination with latest-generation lamps (high-pressure sodium and CosmoWhite), SPIE Sud-Ouest can already be certain of reducing energy consumption by 40% by the end of 2014.

The contract also provides for the upgrading of 6 controlled intersections, the creation of a video surveillance network of 12 cameras connected to a PC, as well as the completion of 9.4 km of civil engineering works for the high-speed communications network.

Source: Spie France