It’s an simple honor to be on the head of public lighting for probably the most enlightened metropolis within the nation. In January, I used to be appointed by Mayor Bruno Reis and Deputy Mayor Ana Paula Matos, with the mission of main the Public Lighting Board. The physique is answerable for the lighting park and performs companies, upkeep and lighting tasks. I made some extent of holding the crew, as I got here throughout an environment friendly, strong and succesful Board of Administrators. Lately, with the legacy of ACM Neto and the development of present administration, Salvador has change into a reference within the space of Public Lighting. We reached the milestone of being the primary capital 100% in Led in Brazil, with our personal assets.
However what work may you develop in a metropolis the place all neighborhoods have already got probably the most fashionable lighting? When questioning myself, I discovered the challenges of ILUMILED. The order is to maintain Salvador stunning and lit, nonetheless, our essential executioners are vandals who act day by day stealing gear and compromising road lighting. The numbers are horrifying. To switch stolen wiring, the Metropolis Corridor spent round R$ 1.5 million in 2022. This yr, there has already been a 25% improve in thefts. Till April, we registered 386 occurrences. 95% of blackout circumstances are the results of legal acts.
To cut back the impacts of those actions, Dsip invests in prevention on the primary avenues with unique lighting circuits; nocturnal day by day rounds; anti-theft techniques, galvanized metal conduits, welded to the metallic construction; lighting safety grids, along with passage containers in locations with a excessive charge of theft and clandestine connections.
After I took over the portfolio, I additionally got here throughout the carnival mission and we did CarnaLed, probably the most enlightened revelry in historical past. After the celebration is over, it is time to construct and transfer ahead with tasks, equivalent to Clareou, é Gol!, which inspires the apply of sports activities. There are 257 LED fields and courts. Meu Ponto Iluminado was additionally created to offer consolation and security to these utilizing public transport. In whole, 660 bus stops are already in LED. Telemanagement is one other provocation of our administration. It’s potential to introduce distant monitoring of the lighting park, lowering prices and figuring out failures. There are greater than 2000 factors with this know-how, and by the top of 2024 the objective is to put in 6 thousand extra.
Within the midst of challenges, our essential ally is the inhabitants. That is why we have now the channels that join us to the individuals, equivalent to Fala Salvador, 156 and WhatsApp. A whole lot of work is but to return, at all times looking for to enhance companies, assembly sustainability, high quality, know-how and security necessities, that are important for the event of all sectors of Salvador’s Metropolis Corridor.
Ângelo Magalhães is director of Public Lighting in Salvador
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