Goleta is hoping to reduce vehicle collisions with its project to upgrade traffic lights and intersections around town, and drivers will see the changes on the roads next summer.
During the Goleta City Council meeting on Tuesday, it unanimously approved plans and specifications for the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Project. The plans include the intersections where city lights would undergo renovations.
The safety upgrades are limited to individual intersections. Autumn Glaeser, assistant director of Public Works, clarified that the project does not connect traffic signals together or improve intersection operations from a traffic perspective…