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By the end of July, the popular UFO-shaped traffic light in Sendai will be dismantled and replaced with a new one. The “suspended traffic light” located in Kakugoro, Aoba-ku, Sendai City has eight signals for cars and pedestrians attached to the end of a single column, and is commonly known as the “UFO traffic light” because of its appearance in the dark. Due to its age, it is scheduled to be dismantled by the end of July, and work began on installing a new, normal-looking traffic light in the early hours of the 20th. According to the manufacturer, the three UFO-type traffic lights in Sendai City are considered the last in Japan, and they are all scheduled to be dismantled in the near future.