In 2003, Tantzu Township in Taichung County launched the Great Love Votive Lamp program. Subsequently, to raise funds for road maintenance, many local governments launched similar sponsorship programs tying into the folk custom of lighting votive lamps, whereby people would donate money, treating street lights as votive lamps that shed blessings on the populace while they help prevent crimes and accidents.
從 2003 年台中縣潭子鄉推動「大愛光明燈、照亮每一人」開始，許多地方政府為了籌措道路養護費用，陸續推出結合民間點「光明燈」習俗的路燈認養計劃，鼓勵民眾「以路燈為光明燈」，為自己消災解厄之餘也能造福人群。