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Developer urges Aberdeen to restore and add entrance lights on Roosevelt to improve safety

City of Aberdeen City Council · November 25, 2025
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Lonnie Anderson told the council that entrance lights removed in 2014 were never reset and asked staff to reinstall twin entrance lights at Cedar Heights, Ashwood and add two at Prairie's Edge, saying the moves would improve safety for about 244 households and about 500 vehicles and save the city on liability and maintenance.

Lonnie Anderson, a civil engineer and local property developer, asked the City of Aberdeen on Nov. 24 to direct the city engineer to reset twin entrance lights at Cedar Heights and Ashwood and to add twin entrance lights at Prairie's Edge.

Anderson said the developers agreed decades ago to install yard lighting and that those arrangements saved the city about $150,000 over 34 years, and that this year the arrangement saved about $7,700. "When those…

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