A significant number of street lights are not functioning, with estimates ranging from 3,800 to 4,000. This issue is anticipated to worsen due to insufficient funds for maintenance and theft prevention.

The total number of street lights is roughly 38,000, meaning about 10% are currently out. Previous data shows a high of 2,500 new outage complaints in one year, followed by a decrease the next.

Further information on this issue is available, including details on the impact of copper theft on street light outages and the efforts of the Public Works team to address the problem.