In Vancouver, more than 100 blue or purple street lights have been reported to the city — the result of a manufacturing defect involving a coating on the light.

The replacement of the defective LED street lights comes simultaneously as a major city project. Over the next several years, Kansas City leaders plan to replace about 90,000 street lights with LEDs.

The increasing lag time for repairs tracks with a growing number of 311 complaints about broken street lights. Last year, the city received nearly 46,000 complaints about broken street lights.

There's disagreement about what hue the street lights currently are in parts of downtown Vancouver, but they're definitely not white. Perhaps "light blue," "definitely purple,'' or "black light-ish" — ...