How To Report A Burned-Out Street Light In Texas

(Mix 93-1)  They're constantly hanging around and they have one purpose and that's to light up the roadway and East Texas intersections. What are they? They're street lights.

Streetlights line our roads and highways and illuminate the roads and intersections throughout Tyler and East Texas every single night to make driving and walking along the street a bit safer.

Unless you're out after 8 o'clock or so right now or leave your house before 7 a.m. you're probably not noticing them as often thanks to Daylight Saving Time.

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Now if you get out of the house from 8p-7a to hit up a drive-thru, grocery store, or just take a trip around the loop, down Paluxy, Front St, or Gentry the streets will be lit thanks to street lights, that's if they're not burned out.

Growing up, the street lights in my neighborhood had a different meaning to me as a kid.

The street lights in my neighborhood were actually a clock! When the street light came on it meant I better get back on my bike and get home and get home quickly because I was supposed to be inside before the street light came on.

So, how do you get a burned-out or inoperable street light replaced or repaired?

I happened to stumble across the site online where you can report a street light that isn't working and in a few steps, it'll notify Oncor. In Tyler, Oncor is responsible for all the streetlights. To report a burned-out street light, simply follow these quick steps:

• Log on to oncorstreetlight.com
• Zoom into the street and intersection that has the street light problem
• Click on it's yellow dot
• Give the reason for the issue
• Leave a contact name
• submit

The whole process is really simple. What's interesting about the extremely interactive map is that it's so specific and shows you exactly where all the street lights and guard lights are in the Oncor service area around Tyler and Texas. Once you see all the yellow and blue dots on the map you realize how many street lights are around your neighborhood.

So if you notice a street light that isn't working, you can easily report it and watch that little yellow dot on the map turn red as you report it!