ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A metropolis that’s lit up with tens of 1000’s of lights for the vacation season lately performed a examine to search out out if a lot of its downtown space is simply too darkish.
The examine, requested by St. Augustine’s metropolis fee exhibits a big portion of the Historic District’s lighting falls inside the “poor” and “very poor” classes.
St. Augustine’s metropolis supervisor stated the examine was performed at evening over the course of some months in an space that had 300 streetlights.
Moreover, information was collected utilizing a meter that measures the quantity of sunshine that falls on a floor.
Debbie Jones, who lives within the space, says a examine like this could have been performed years in the past to unravel what she calls “an enormous drawback.”
“Quite a lot of instances I’m alone and I feel ‘I’m going to go’, after which I say, ‘No that’s not a wise transfer,‘” Jones stated. “And there positively are darkish areas…I simply attempt to be good about it when I’ve different folks with me, or I’ll go within the daytime.”
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