In 2025, on 52 national road sections, SIA RCG Lighthouse replaced the existing 1,730 sodium high-pressure luminaires with LED lighting. The new LED luminaires are equipped with lighting intensity regulation (dimming) functionality, allowing the illumination to be adjusted to the actual situation.
At the beginning of 2026, it is planned to adapt the lighting modes in the modernized sections to the traffic intensity or pedestrian flow at specific locations. This will involve reducing the lighting brightness during periods of low traffic and increasing it during heavier traffic or unfavorable weather conditions.
“We are pleased and proud that RCG Lighthouse has been entrusted with such a significant task—modernizing the lighting across the entire national road network. We have been working in this field since 2013 and have gained extensive experience. Lighting modernization allows for significant reductions in electricity costs and CO2 emissions, as well as making roads safer. The new LED lighting achieves higher color rendering and brightness contrast, meaning visibility in darkness and twilight will be much better, making driving more comfortable and safer,” emphasized Raits Bebris, a member of the board of SIA RCG Lighthouse.
As a result of an open tender at the end of 2024, the company RCG Lighthouse was awarded the right to carry out the modernization and maintenance of existing lighting in the national road network for the next three years, starting from January 2025. RCG Lighthouse participated in the tender together with the company SIA Mītavas Elektra.
Brigita Buividaite, Chairwoman of the Board of SIA Mītavas Elektra, highlighted: “We highly value the opportunity to participate alongside RCG Lighthouse in the national road lighting modernization project. The task of Mītava Elektra in this collaboration is to ensure the maintenance of the lighting. Our 28 years of experience in the industry and internationally recognized ISO quality standards confirm that this project will be implemented at the highest level, promoting a safer environment for road users.”
The contract entails ensuring the maintenance and periodic servicing of lighting fixtures in the national road network, as well as modernizing the road lighting infrastructure by installing energy-efficient LED lighting over three years. The tender amount for the three-year period exceeds 2.8 million euros (for maintenance and modernization), and the planned annual savings in electricity costs after the lighting network modernization are 1,632 megawatt-hours.
Over the next three years, RCG Lighthouse will be responsible for maintaining the lighting infrastructure under the supervision of the state-owned company “Latvijas Valsts ceļi” (Latvian State Roads), as well as carrying out modernization involving the replacement of 3,649 lighting fixtures on 105 national road sections.
The company RCG Lighthouse has also modernized lighting networks in several Latvian municipalities, such as Tukums, Alūksne, Salaspils, Jēkabpils, Augšdaugava, and others. By the end of 2025, RCG Lighthouse has installed and is responsible for over 14,000 LED street luminaires across the entire territory of Latvia.