Regional planning: the Collectivité invests €12 million per year to rehabilitate public lighting

The Collectivité de Saint-Martin has undertaken public lighting rehabilitation work, costing €12 million per fiscal year. From December 2022 to 2024, the first phase of work was implemented in the neighborhoods of Sandy Ground, Baie Nettle, Bellevue, Front de Mer Marigot, Colombier, Grand Case, and Quartier d'Orléans. The second phase of development began in early 2025 for the neighborhoods of Concordia, Agrément, Galisbay, and Friar's Bay, which will be equipped with new public lighting.

The Collectivité de Saint-Martin has begun rehabilitating public lighting throughout its territory, installing new streetlights and control systems, primarily in neighborhoods where public lighting has been most deficient since Hurricane Irma. During this phase, part of the territory was able to benefit from solar lighting, such as Colombier and Grand Case.

The second phase of public lighting rehabilitation began on February 18, 2025, in the Concordia sector, targeting several areas without lighting:

• Construction area: Rue Louis Constant Fleming and Rue Léopold Mingau. Amount: €75,169.07

• Work area: Rue de Spring, Rue Joseph Richardson. Amount: €361,294.83

• Work area: Rue du Soleil Levant, Rue Jean-Luc Hamlet

Amount: €78,263.30

Solar streetlights will also be installed in certain dead ends in the Agrément district during the same period:

• Work area: Impasse Samuel Maccow and Impasse Louis Brooks

Amount: €75,169.07

Other work areas are also targeted in the territory such as:

• Work area: Route de l'Espérance in Grand Case

Amount: €515,866.90

• Construction area: Rue de Hollande

Amount: €561,027.00

• Construction area: Boulevard Hubert Petit, Galisbay

Amount: €131,769.00

Renewing public lighting is a priority for President Louis MUSSINGTON and his team, whose decision was to equip and secure all under-equipped neighborhoods. The action plan consists of deploying public lighting in all areas requiring significant lighting rehabilitation. This project is led by the Living Environment and Ecological Transition Delegation, chaired by Ms. Bernadette Davis. It is financially supported by European funds.