--- title: McKay Begins on LED Upgrade for Queenstown Lakes District Council description: McKay has been awarded the installation contract for the Councils LED upgrade project which should be finished by April 2019. This will be the companies first major street lighting upgrade project in the South Island in the company’s 80-year history. 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