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Springdale to install smart traffic lights

Kurt Reither, Signalization Supervisor with Springdale’s traffic division, stands with public works director James Smith (left) at a traffic control cabinet containing artificial intelligence hardware.
Jacqueline Froelich
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Kurt Reither, Signalization Supervisor with Springdale’s traffic division, stands with public works director James Smith (left) at a traffic control cabinet containing artificial intelligence hardware.

After Springdale traffic division officials successfully tested an artificial intelligent traffic detection system at a busy intersection for a year, the city council approved the purchase of 10 more smart traffic lights to save driver's time, fuel costs — and lives.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for <i>Ozarks at Large.</i>
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