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Fife Council weighs adding 15 cobra‑head street lights to 60 Second Avenue to improve nighttime safety
Summary
City staff proposed installing about 15 cobra‑head street lights along 60 Second Avenue between 20th Street and Valley Avenue, a planning‑level $250,000 estimate funded from the city’s Public Safety Fund; council members asked for pedestrian‑scale alternatives and a light study before final design.
Fife officials discussed adding street lighting along 60 Second Avenue on Feb. 25 as part of a larger Safe Routes to School reconstruction project.
City engineering staff told council the city received a Safe Routes to School grant worth “a little over $3,000,000” for the 60 Second Avenue project, which will reduce the roadway from three lanes to two, add bike lanes on both sides and fill in missing sidewalks. Director Greg Vigoren said the city initially omitted lights from the grant request to avoid jeopardizing funding but is now proposing about 15 cobra‑head street lights to match existing poles in the neighborhood. “We’re recommending to install about 15 of those and the planning‑level estimate for that’s…
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