Uniformat G4020

Streetlight

A streetlight has a useful life of about 30 years, the median of 24 published sources, which state 15–60 years.

Also listed as street light, streetlight pole, roadway luminaire

• Confidence C
• Version 0.10.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

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Basis

• 25 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p3 · HUD CNA 3.2.8.2.7 “Pole mounted lights” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)
  Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD's row is pole-mounted site lights. HUD's row is for site work at US multifamily properties, not municipal networks.
• 20 years · Amherstburg: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, Appendix A: TCA Categories, Life Years, and Thresholds, p8 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Chapple: Schedule A - By-law 1873: Asset Useful Life - General Guidelines, p1 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 15 years · Greater Napanee: By-law 2012-11, Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Appendix B Asset Useful Lives, p16 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Grey Highlands: By-law No. 2026-052, Tangible Capital Asset Policy A09-F-03, p10 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Halton: Halton Region 2025 Asset Management Plan, p107 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p16 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 35 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p14 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · London: 2023 Corporate Asset Management Plan, p159 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Orillia: 4.1.8.1 Tangible Capital Assets Policy Manual, p23 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Rainy River: F-9 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p11 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Sarnia: Finance-04 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Attachment No. 1: TCA Policy Appendix A, p2 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Compared with an image of the cited page.
• 25 years · Simcoe: POL-FIN-004 Tangible Capital Assets Policy (Schedule 3 to AUC 2026-046), p21 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · The Blue Mountains: POL.COR.19.04 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p12 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Trent Lakes: 5.17 Capital Asset Policy, p10 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 20 years · Welland: FIN-001-0012 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p9 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Amherstburg: Asset Management Plan Town of Amherstburg 2025, p36 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Oxford: Oxford County Asset Management Plan 2025, p307 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Rainy River: Asset Management Plan 2025-2035, p17 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 30 years · Thunder Bay: Future-Ready Roadmap: Asset Management Plan Phase Three, p51 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Cornwall: 2025 Asset Management Plan City of Cornwall, p252 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.
• 25 years · Kirkland Lake: Asset Management Plan 2025 Town of Kirkland Lake, p49 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

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Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
• Written for GSA contracted O&M in US federal buildings; job plans are generic and defer to manufacturer instructions, and the fire extinguisher plans only point to NFPA 10.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Streetlight, v0.10.0. https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.10.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_streetlight_0_10_0,
  title = {Streetlight},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.10.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.10.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.10.0, 0.9.0, 0.8.0, 0.7.0, 0.6.0, 0.4.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0