Yuma Crews Installing Lighting Along 28th Street Corridor

City crews are installing streetlights along a roughly two-mile stretch of 28th Street, running from Avenue C east to 45th Drive, completing improvements tied to earlier traffic signal work at one of Yuma's most heavily traveled east-west corridors.

The City of Yuma flagged the work in its latest road report. The lighting installation is the follow-on phase to prior traffic signal improvements along this stretch, a corridor that has been the focus of sustained construction activity since late 2025. The intersection at Avenue C and 28th Street alone underwent a full reconstruction earlier this year, requiring complete closure for an extended period before reopening.

For drivers navigating this part of town, the added lighting directly addresses visibility gaps that have persisted along the corridor during nighttime hours. The stretch between Avenue C and 45th Drive carries commuters connecting residential neighborhoods to commercial areas, and the absence of consistent overhead lighting made lane changes and turns at uncontrolled points along the route more hazardous after dark.

The City of Yuma's Public Works department has used LED fixtures throughout its street lighting upgrades citywide, a technology that offers substantially lower operating costs and longer service life than older high-pressure sodium systems. Motorists traveling 28th Street during the installation period should expect some disruption and watch for work crews and equipment on the roadway.

The lighting work marks the transition from major structural reconstruction to finishing improvements on 28th Street, with the corridor moving closer to its upgraded long-term configuration after months of lane restrictions and detours.