Sault Ste. Marie city council agreed tonight to look at switching some traffic signals to flashing red and yellow lights late at night.
Council voted in favour of a resolution from Ward 4 Couns. Stephan Kinach and Marchy Bruni asking for stop lights to be changed over between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. for a trial period.
"I think our council is the council that is willing to make this change, and we will see regular, steady, smooth traffic at nighttime," Kinach said.
He was also concerned about vehicular emissions.
"How many kilometres has our public works equipment done this year on the roads? How many red lights have they sat at and they were burning gas in the middle of the night when nobody else was around?
"Just even that small fraction will help our carbon footprints with our city, and that's just another aspect of why this needs to get passed today," Kinach said.
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