The Old Forge Community was built in the 1970s. Street lighting standards were different than they are today. The community contains Old Forge Drive, Creek Road, and Century Drive. And between them, only 10 streetlights illuminate the community!
Bath set out to change this and make the community brighter, safer, with lighting that is more economically efficient. In 2024, Bath was awarded significant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Multi-Modal Transportation Grant.
Through 2025, the Borough installed 23 new solar powered (off grid) LED streetlights in the Old Forge Community. More than doubling the number of streetlights in the community.
These lights are similar to the streetlights along American Parkway in Allentown, only sized to proportion for a residential area and not a highway.
Total project costs hit nearly $400,000 of which a significant portion of the funding came from the state and Northampton County’s Community Development Block Grant program. The new streetlights are brighter, and completely off grid, while saving money in Borough energy costs.
