Uniformat G4020

Streetlight

Also called street light, streetlight pole, roadway luminaire

• Confidence C
• Version 0.5.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

This is version 0.5.0. The latest is 0.8.0.

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.
• 30 years · Severn: By-law 2019-04, Corporate Policy Manual: Tangible Capital Asset Policy, Useful Life Guide, p402 · “Infrastructure - Roads - Streetlights” (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 · “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

11 tasks in 3 work orders. Intervals that fall due together are one visit: the every 5 years visit also covers the monthly and semi-annual tasks.

1. 1Monthly
2. 2Monthly
3. 3Monthly
4. 4Monthly
5. 5Monthly
6. 6Semi
7. 7Monthly
8. 8Monthly
9. 9Monthly
10. 10Monthly
11. 11Monthly
12. 12Semi

Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.

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.
• A maintenance contract specification for New Zealand state highway lighting; intervals are contract minimums.

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

Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Streetlight, v0.5.0. https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.5.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_streetlight_0_5_0,
  title = {Streetlight},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.5.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/streetlight/v/0.5.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

Licence CC BY 4.0 · How to cite · JSON · Versions: 0.8.0, 0.7.0, 0.6.0, 0.5.0, 0.4.0, 0.3.0, 0.2.0, 0.1.0