Coronado Bridge Lighting Project Advances

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<p>The Coronado bridge is one step closer to being illuminated.</p>
<p>This week, the Port of San Diego Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an agreement with an UK-based design firm to move forth with the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge Artistic Lighting Project.</p>
<p>The project, now starting its second phase, is an artistic installation which seeks to give the San Diego bayfront a new artistic identity. This lighting project will be comprised of programmable LED lights which will be powered by sustainable energy sources.</p>
<p>Studio Fink LTD, the design firm in charge of this project, was the winner of a worldwide competition held in 2010 to decide the design to be used. This firm’s proposal opted to illuminate the Coronado Bridge’s outer deck with programmable lighting.</p>
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<p>As per the approved agreement, Studio Fink LTD, will be lending its consulting services to The Port of San Diego at a cost not to surpass $230,000.</p>
<p>In a press release prior to the meeting, Port Commissioner Marshall Merrifield described the vote as “a landmark day for San Diego.”</p>
<p>The project is being financed through private donations and is jointly managed by the Port of San Diego and Caltrans. The Port has the goal to raise $10 million to complete the installation.</p>
<p>The San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge Artistic Lighting Project has a goal completion date of 2019, the bridge’s 50th anniversary.</p>