The investment by Portsmouth City Council is to help attract shoppers and help businesses during the festive period.
The allocation of funding was unanimously approved by councillors.
Suzy Horton, deputy leader and ward councillor for Central Southsea, said: "It's sometimes difficult to quantify the impact of this but people feel there's a different atmosphere around Christmas and traders have told us that enhances their activity." Concerns were raised after a council report questioned the condition of lights, and the plugs used to power them, across the city.
Each replacement connection point is estimated to cost £500 and the total cost could be as high as £89,500.With no funding allocated in this year's budget, the cabinet approved the use of the Community Infrastructure Levy to pay for the improvements. The work on the lights will use about half of the remaining money available from the levy, which has been taken from contributions made by developers.
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