Uniformat G4020

Streetlight

Also called street light, streetlight pole, roadway luminaire

• Confidence C
• Version 0.3.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-21

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.

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 · “Other - Pooled Assets - Streetlights” (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 · “Street Lights” (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 · “LA15 Street Lights” (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 · “Streetlights” (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 · “Streetlights” (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 · “Miscellaneous - Streetlights” (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 · “Roads and Related - Streetlights” (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 · “Street Lights” (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 · “Roads: Street Lights” (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 · “Pooled Equipment - Street Lights” (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 · “Street Lights” (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 · “Street Lighting” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 25 years · Simcoe: POL-FIN-004 Tangible Capital Assets Policy (Schedule 3 to AUC 2026-046), p21 · “Streetlights” (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 · “Linear - Streetlights” (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 · “Streetlights” (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 · “Street Lights” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• HUD gives planning lives for US multifamily housing; the municipal rows are Ontario accounting lives. Neither is observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

Know the answer? Send it with a source to [email protected].

Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Streetlight, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.3.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_streetlight_0_3_0,
  title = {Streetlight},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.3.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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