After five-year wait, First Street in Immokalee getting much-needed lighting

Crossing Pensacola Beach's busy avenidas are set to become safer. Here's how.

The system will flash a light into the face of drivers to warn them that someone is walking through the intersection.

After five-year wait, First Street in Immokalee getting much-needed lighting

After five years of waiting, First Street in Immokalee is finally getting the lighting it needs to keep people safe.Walking to work shouldn't be dangerous, but with no light posts, First Street remains dark in the early and late hours of the day.Phase one of the First Street Pedestrian Safety Project will bring 11 new light poles to First Street. The project aims to protect the backbone of the Immokalee community the workers who make the town ru…