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Blue LEDs (www.weareiowa.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by CrayonMaster@midwest.social to c/desmoines@midwest.social

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According to the Iowa DOT, the lights aren't intended to appear blue. The department installed LED lights with a white coating "a while ago," Iowa DOT said in a Facebook post.

Now, that coating is flaking off, causing the lights to appear more blue or purple

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Same thing happened in Winnipeg. White coating failed early and entire streets were blue. Massive sunk cost issues to replace them.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

needed regular replacements

So… no improvement with LED in this regard?

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

We are Iowa. We're Iowa. Wereiowa.

If I knew anything about Iowa, I could probably make a joke there.