Proposed Solar Street Lights Installation as a Road Safety Measure in Preparation for National Road Category Transition of Megadike West Bypass Road

Abstract

Street lights are necessary and contribute to the enhancement of safety and the transfer of necessary services, goods, or people in a community. Several studies show that insufficient or absent road illumination significantly causes road accidents that can risk people's lives. Several studies show that insufficient or absent road illumination significantly causes road accidents that can risk people's lives. Moreover, the lack of street lights along Megadike West Road, Santa Rita, Pampanga, affects and influences the safety of its road users. The researchers gathered the information required to complete and achieve the purpose of the study. The process included the gathering of data about the road accidents that occur at Megadike West Road, Santa Rita, Pampanga. The data collection of road specifications and possible existing standard guidelines for installing solar street lights was acquired by the Department of Public Works and Highways. Through the existing guidelines and standards for installing streetlights and supporting details of existing studies, the researchers were able to make and accomplish the proposal for a solar streetlight installation design layout plan. The installation layout plan design of solar street lights for Megadike West Road, Santa Rita, Pampanga, was made, proposed, and established to improve the safety of road users and lessen the occurrence of accidents on the said road.