After a lighting upgrade, the EastLink tunnels in Melbourne’s east are the first major tunnels in Victoria to be lit by LED lights.
Over four nights, 1,066 High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights were replaced with 1,174 new LED lights.
Up to 60 technicians and 22 scissor lifts worked through the night to remove the old HPS lights and install the new LED lights.
The new LED lights are brighter and whiter than the old orange HPS lights.
EastLink corporate affairs manager Doug Spencer-Roy said, “The upgraded lighting will improve safety for motorists, by making the driving task easier.”
Operators in the EastLink control room are already benefiting from an improvement in the quality of CCTV images.
EastLink incident response and emergency service personnel will also benefit, as brighter, whiter lighting will make the management of incident sites easier.
“If a motorist is injured in a vehicle collision, attending paramedics will find that the new brighter, whiter lighting will assist with their treatment of the injured person,” Doug Spencer-Roy explained.
“Should there be a vehicle fire, Fire Rescue Victoria will have a brighter environment in which to operate their equipment.”
“We estimate that the new LED lighting system will consume 26 per cent less power than the old HPS system, which will reduce green house gas emissions by around 469 tonnes each year,” concluded Doug Spencer-Roy.
The old HPS lights will be recycled by an accredited specialist recycler.
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