Street Lighting

To report streetlight outages (including street lights on wooden poles) please contact City of Vernon Operations Services at 250 549-6757.

All street lights mounted on metal poles are owned and maintained by the City of Vernon. Lights on wooden hydro poles are owned and maintained by BC Hydro.

The street lighting system within the City of Vernon consists of approximately 1,100 owned by the City and approximately 1,500 street lights owned by BC Hydro.

The City of Vernon’s preventive maintenance program includes replacing bulbs at regularly scheduled intervals before their life-expectancy is reached.