SEWA installs 1,110 lighting poles during Q3 of 2024

It has also implemented 16,605 maintenance and repair operations and extended the lighting cable network with a length of more than 64 kilometres, as part of the Authority's plan to light roads in all areas and to design and implement road lighting networks in all areas according to standards and specifications of high quality and efficiency.

Engineer Ahmed Al Bas, Deputy Director of the Electricity Distribution Department, confirmed that the number of lighting poles in the streets of Sharjah has increased significantly during the recent period with different designs and lengths. 

Al Bas added that the Authority is working to provide the best services to the residents of Sharjah, use the latest technologies, and take all measures that enhance the efficiency of energy consumption and support the Authority’s efforts to achieve sustainability, by rationalising energy consumption, reducing maintenance costs, and reducing the carbon footprint.  These efforts are in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to take into account environmental aspects and rationalise consumption in implementing all projects and working in a sustainable manner. 

Al Bas explained that the lighting projects implemented by SEWA in all areas of the Emirate of Sharjah are carried out according to the best specifications and standards, so that the lighting network in any area is designed in a manner that is consistent with the secondary and main roads and highways, whether in terms of the distances between the poles or their height or determining the number of spotlights that will be installed on them. He pointed out that the work teams in the Electricity Distribution Department are working on designing, approving and implementing the lighting networks after studying and auditing the project, in terms of the length and width of the street and the lighting that is appropriate for it, determining the types of spotlights and their capacities, the lengths of the poles and approving the distances between them in a manner that is consistent with the dimensions and type of the road and the distribution of the poles and spotlights. 

Engineer Ahmed Al Bas stated that SEWA continues to provide the best services to the residents and projects of the city of Sharjah in all areas, pointing out that lighting projects are vital and necessary to decorate the streets and achieve security and safety for residents and drivers on the roads.