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Province turns off the Christmas lights on main road through Port Alberni

Transportation ministry says lights across Highway 4 on Johnston Rd. don’t meet regulations
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Wade Addy from Addy Power Ltd. in Errington hangs Christmas lights across the bottom of Johnston Road in Port Alberni on a stormy Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (SUSAN QUINN/ Alberni Valley News)

Although people in Port Alberni have gotten used to seeing Christmas lights strung up across the bottom of Johnston Road every year, the lights will not be making an appearance in 2023.

The province’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) has “expressed concern” with the lights going up across Johnston Road, which is a provincial highway (Highway 4), says city CAO Mike Fox.

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