In Tuscaloosa, Ala., officials will spend the $158,340 DOE grant to covert nearly 500 airport runway and taxiway lights to LED lighting. New LEDs are coming to city halls in Chicopee, Mass.

Paving expert Joe Raboine told me the most important thing is that 'We want to avoid the runway ... lighting tends to offer ...

The to-do list includes: Lay approximately 65,000 tonnes of asphalt Replace about 1,500 runway lights with more energy-efficient LED bulbs Lay about 62 miles (100km) of new cabling Joe Rollerson ...