Street Lights

City Maintained Street Lights

The City of Sugar Land currently manages about 12,400 street lights, which is conducted through an agreement with Center Point Energy. Therefore, the city only accepts Center Point approved street light fixtures. Examples of current street lights include the standard galvanized cobra-head lights as seen in most neighborhoods, the Houstonian decorative fixtures in the Telfair area, and the Traditionaire decorative fixtures along some of the City’s Signature Routes.

Decorative Street Light Replacement

The City initiated a program in 2014 to replace the "cobra-head" street lights with shorter decorative post-top lights on major collectors and signature routes to adequately illuminate the roadway due to tree canopy interference. With the conversion progress made along numerous thoroughfares, the city will continue to analyze and rank each corridor’s need for street light replacement.

Private HOA Street Light Conversion

The City of Sugar Land also provides a program for privately-maintained community and homeowner’s associations (HOA) concerning their street light maintenance.

These private associations have an opportunity to replace their street lights with a system managed through the city. The private associations will need to fund the streetlight removals and installations. However, the City will manage the operation and maintenance costs for the new streetlights.

Street Light Repairs

As part of the Streetscape Policy, the City of Sugar Land recognizes the need to provide adequate street lighting along major thoroughfares. For more information, visit our maintenance request page.