WHEELING — Neighborhoods in the city of Wheeling will be in store for a brighter future after streetlights that have burnt-out lamps are replaced.

While city leaders have been urging AEP to fix these outages that are much more prevalent in some Wheeling neighborhoods than others, the costs associated with replacing each light may come at a significant cumulative cost — as old-school high-pressure sodium lights are being replaced with brighter and more expensive LED lights.

During Tuesday night’s meeting of Wheeling City Council, City Manager Robert Herron provided an update on the issue after the topic was raised by Councilman Ben Seidler, who resides in and represents the Ward 2 neighborhood of Wheeling Island.

“I have had conversations with AEP last week — several,” Herron said. “They

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