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The search goes on for a solution to the traffic woes on Glasgow Street in Saskatoon’s Avalon neighbourhood.

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Near midnight, after a six-hour meeting that began Monday at 6 p.m., Saskatoon city council voted unanimously to reject making a traffic restriction on Glasgow permanent.

A temporary barrier to prevent left turns from Clarence Avenue onto Glasgow was installed last fall and City of Saskatoon administration had proposed making the barricade permanent.

Dozens stayed in a packed council chamber for three hours until after 9 p.m. when debate on the Glasgow closure began. Council heard that while the barrier had reduced traffic on Glasgow, the vehicles moved to connecting streets.

“It’s not safe,” an emotional Sean Coleman told council. “What this traffic committee has done has pitted neighbour against neighbour and pitted block against block.”

Coleman said he started a petition four years ago to seek solutions to traffic and speeding on Glasgow.