I. Metshin: "Lighting in the settlements should be no worse than on the streets of the city"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, November 9). In the near future it is planned to update 5600 old energy-intensive lamps on the new LED in Kazan. Savings from these measures will amount to 2.7 million of KWh, or 13.6 million rubles per year at the current rate. This was announced today at the Business Monday by the director of MUE "Kazgorsvet" Rustam Abdulhakov.

According to him, to date 77,268 light points are on the balance of the city. Over the past five years their number increased by 15,109 units, accounting for 19% of the total. At the same time, the length of lines of outdoor lighting increased by 456 km and is 3271 km today.

Also 6047 light points with individual connection and consumption of installed capacity are on the balance of the city. All of them are in the settlements.

In total, starting in 2010, more than 1.4 billion rubles were sent to the construction and reconstruction of outdoor lighting networks in Kazan.

This year in Kazan increase of the coverage of the network of external illumination has been continued.

In the year parks and gardens networkers paid special attention to reconstructed public areas Kazan. The employees of “Kazgorsvet” reconstructed line of outdoor lighting in Victory Park, "Wings of the Soviets", ”Continent”,  Aksyonov parks, park in the Sovietskaya square, Veterans alley. Different configurations of lampposts and forms of lighting were chosen in each recreational areas according to the concept of the project.

According to the director of MUE "Kazgorsvet", it is necessary to implement energy efficiency and conservation technologies actively in Kazan. Thus, the power consumption of outdoor lighting networks in 2014 amounted to 45 million KW and estimated consumption of this year is 53 million KW. The priority is to complete the transition of the city with automated control system. Mayor Ilsur Metshin noted that the capital of Tatarstan has some things to strive for to become the city of light.

The Mayor drew attention to the lighting of urban settlements. If in Kazan question of the lighting is practically solved, in the settlements need for this is still quite large. "To date more than 200 million rubles per year are spent for the lighting from the city budget. If in the city there are no big complaints on outdoor lighting, in the settlements the problem still exists. Yes, in our settlements there are fewer complaints about water and garbage disposal, but outdoor lighting is an area where we still have a lot of work. We will raise funds to lighting in the settlements were not worse than in the streets of the city, "- said the Mayor and ordered to organize the work on each of the complaints of residents.