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I can’t believe there is nobody in the state of Alabama smart enough to fix the timing with the traffic lights on U.S. 72 in Athens. It’s bad enough to have to stop at each and every light, often with no one in the cross traffic, but I had to wait for the same light to cycle TWICE at two different intersections Sunday afternoon (Dec. 22).