Dozens of darkened streetlights in downtown DC prompt urgent calls for repairs

Terry Lynch with the Downtown Cluster of Congregations is a long time advocate for safety in the District. While attending a Washington Capitols game last weekend, he noticed several streetlights were out at the Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Metro station.

When he investigated further, he counted about five dozen lights were out along Pennsylvania Avenue NW, between 7th and 14th streets.

“You can’t have a streetlight out at night,” Lynch said, adding most crime involving robberies or assaults occur when it is dark.