We had a Home Depot in Charleston SC that had either a pylon sign or light pole on the other side of a side street that had damaged wiring, and one of my guys had to cut the street to re-feed it. The city allowed it, but got all out of joint because it wasn’t repaired to their specs. So it may be just a permission thing, but NYC, it would probably involve some under the table cash, if allowed at all.
Our office parking lot lights were leased through Georgia Power, we would have to keep on them to maintain them, because they would wait until a good chunk of them were out before they would show up and fix them. We added a flag pole near one of them, and they charged $3000 to add a led flood to shine on the pole, and $35 a month for power.
I only got rid of mine because when they went to LED, the lights sucked. They gave me no option to change the lights even if I paid more. But they disconnected them and took the lights, but I still have the poles. I was going to install floods on them and put receptacles down on the bottom. It's about 350 feet of trenching and a small fortune in wire so I haven't got around to it yet. And with my Achilles tendon torn I need a bucket of some kind because ladders are out of the question
We have gotten permits more than once to cross public streets and highways. I think most towns and states have provisions for that.
I’ve seen those type at a park and ride, they eventually took them out and put in wired ones. Either they weren’t bright enough, or too expensive to repair.
Weather or not they work depends upon region, and specifics to the exact location, most of NYC is a poor location. I think even with a good location in NYC you'd only average like 2.5 solar hours per day. So a 1 kw panel would produce 2.5 KWh in a day. And winter is much worse
This was just north of Atlanta. Relatively open area. Would be better suited for south Georgia or Florida. They have a lot of solar farms between Atlanta and Macon. Don’t know if without the subsidies, if they are turning a profit. One got substantial hail damage even before it got on line.
And you have to clean them alot in a place like NYC. Lots of dust, and they can get a lot of snow. Believe me cleaning solar panels on top of a pole as "high priority" is going to be a hard sell to the maintenance department and the only guys that want to do it is when they are on overtime hours and milking the clock.
