Labyrinth Completes #LightMySTL Demo Deployment
Company Deploys 135 Lights as Part of Project #LightMySTL Demonstration
Labyrinth Technologies has completed the deployment of a hundred and thirty-five state-of-the-art SMART Infrastructure street lights on Market Street in Downtown St. Louis as part of a $400,000 demonstration project for Project #LightMyStL.
“We are very pleased with how beautifully the system is performing,” said Ted Stegeman, CEO of Labyrinth Technologies. “We have been anticipating this for such a long time, so it is really gratifying when you help your customer turn their vision into reality.”
Project #LightMyStL has been a volunteer, community driven initiative to make downtown St. Louis safer through smart infrastructure. The idea for upgrading the lighting system was first raised by a Cardinals’ executive at a meeting St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay organized in early January 2015 to discuss practical solutions to address crime in downtown St. Louis.
During the fall of 2015, a group of downtown stakeholders met at the Cardinals front offices at Busch Stadium to formulate a plan to move forward with upgrading the streetlights downtown as part of project #LightMySTL. Thanks to an inclusive process that involved input from downtown resident and businesses, law enforcement, city officials and lighting experts, the group identified the need to develop a customized lighting solution to address their needs.
Labyrinth won a design competition thanks to their innovative design that was responsive to the group’s custom specifications.
The Project #LightMySTL proponents wanted a lighting system that illuminated both the roadway and sidewalk, as well as including a color changing light bar on the cobra necks similar to the blue light bar used by Saint Louis University on their campus.
The goal of the privately financed demonstration project is to show proof of concept before raising funds to deploy more lights throughout downtown St. Louis.
