As the Council continues to implement its replacement plan, more than 950 street lamps will be replaced in the West Tamar area in the coming weeks.Rolf Voss, general manager of the West Tamar Council, said the motivation behind the change was for environmental and economic purposes."In the long run, these lights will save money in parliament," he said ."."This is an environmental and economic saving for the West Tamar region.Replacement is part of the Northern Lights project, which will see all northern councils replacing street lights with energy-efficient street lights.The current mercury steam light will be replaced with an LED (LED) light.The current light replacement work is expected to take place by the end of September and may take about a month to complete.Each individual light should only take about 10 minutes to swap.Council andxa0Iron sheet consultation for producing commercial cases of lighting in West Tamar Street.The plan estimates capital costs and operational savings for changes.Future energy price increases, capital costs for each lamp and other variables are taken into account to determine operational savings for the project by 2036.However, the council chose to cooperate with the Council --Ownedxa0Replace the task network of the project.All residential lights will be replaced with the exception of compact fluorescent lamps.The project is expected to cost about $550,000, but the council hopes to receive a return on investment in five to eight years.The replacement process is expected to eventually save more than $1 million over 20 years.Fred Schoenmaker, council asset coordinator, saidxa0The expected savings are higher than reported in the business plan."The expected savings are higher than those in the business case because the council is able to provide us with 14 watts of LEDs, which will further reduce costs and increase savings," he said ."."LEDs will be much more carbon efficient, but will still look the same on suburban streets, providing the same amount of light.