Ely stoplights will pause

Ely’s two remaining stoplights will go to flashing red later this winter as state officials implement a pair of four-way stops.

Council members in Ely were briefed Tuesday, after city officials were notified by the Minnesota Department of Transportation about plans to test four-way stops on Sheridan Street - at both the intersections of Central Avenue and Third Avenue East - beginning next month.

“That will go on for about six weeks,” said Harold Langowski, the city’s clerk-treasurer and operations director. “It will be the first week of February through the second week of March.”