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Slugs Blamed for Broken Traffic Lights

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Newly-installed traffic lights at a busy corner in Stretford, England, keep failing and leaving motorists fightened and confused. Part of a £17.6m (about $24m) redevelopment of the town center, the…

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Slugs to blame for mystery of faulty Stretford traffic lights

Highways bosses were initially baffled about the cause of the issue until the slimy culprit was revealed.

·London, United Kingdom
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Slugs blamed for broken traffic lights

Newly-installed traffic lights at a busy corner in Stretford, England, keep failing and leaving motorists fightened and confused. Part of a £17.6m (about $24m) redevelopment of the town center, the…

·Mill Valley, United States
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What is the bizarre reason the new lights kept going out at Stretford's busy junction?

There's been a mysterious reason for Stretford's new traffic lights not working, and here's why.

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I Love Manchester (MCR) broke the news on Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
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