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Springfield residents urge mayor, Eversource to fix dark streetlights after pedestrian deaths
Summary
At a Dec. 15 public speak-out, residents urged Springfield leaders and utility Eversource to order an emergency citywide audit and immediate repairs to street lighting in high-risk areas, citing recent pedestrian fatalities and persistent outages in Ward 4 and Mason Square.
SPRINGFIELD — Residents told the Springfield City Council at the Dec. 15 public speak-out that persistent streetlight outages are a public-safety crisis and urged city leaders and Eversource to act immediately.
Charles Stokes said early in 2025 a pedestrian, Sylvia Gladden, was fatally struck and cited other fatal crashes in the same vicinity to argue the city’s lighting problems are predictable and preventable. Stokes asked the mayor to issue an executive directive ordering an emergency, citywide audit of street lighting…
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