10,000 lights being added to Atlanta streets
One of the ways the city of Atlanta is fighting crime is to install new city lights.
ATLANTA - Thousands of new lights are currently being installed across Atlanta. City leaders are hoping it will help cut down on crime. More illumination will keep our community safer, said Atlanta City Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong.
More and brighter lights are the latest crime-fighting weapon on Atlanta streets. Georgia Power crews are in the process of installing 10,000 street lights across the city to help reduce crime and improve traffic safety. It is well-documented that illumination deters crime. Where there s darkness or shadows that is a place where bad behavior can happen out of the line of sight of neighbors and police officers, said Archibong.
President-elect Joe Biden will campaign in Atlanta Tuesday afternoon for the state’s runoff elections. The visit comes the day after he became the first Democrat since 1992 to receive the state’s 16 Electoral College votes.
Biden will speak at a drive-in rally in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, according to an announcement from Atlanta City Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong.
Also participating will be the Democratic runoff slate: Senate hopefuls Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock as well as Daniel Blackman, who is on the January ballot in a Public Service Commissioner runoff.
Biden is the latest in a constant stream of high profile surrogates coming to Georgia because of the Senate runoffs, which will determine control of the upper chamber. President Donald Trump visited more than a week ago, and Vice President Mike Pence is returning for a fourth runoff trip on Thursday.