Jon Jaehnig/For the Gazette, File Hancock’s City Council considered ways to address traffic issues at its most recent meeting. One of the topics of discussion was Ingot St., which was the site of a car-snowmobile collision last week.

HANCOCK — Hancock is looking at ways to address traffic problems following a snowmobile-car collision on Ingot Street last week.

Chief of Police Wayne Butler has been sitting at the intersection with the snowmobile trail more, along with monitoring by patrol officers and Houghton County, City Manager Mary Babcock said. The city may also add signage at intersections with the trail, taking up a suggestion during public comments from Ingot Street resident Laura O’Neill.

“Hopefully with the time the police are spending up there we’ll get a better idea of our opportunities and make it safer,” Babcock said.

Babcock said she would also meet with the Michigan Department of Transportation about a crossing with M-203 west of downtown. A light will not be added there, but the city is hoping to get the crossing marked, she said.

“I did talk to them earlier this year about trying to get a crossing over to the campground or to the beach area,” she said. “And unless you have a specific trail or sidewalk that pops up to the highway to get somebody across, they won’t even consider it. So we are hoping that this will meet that guideline for them to actually do something to it.”

The city may put signage up near the intersection of Ingot Street and Ethel Avenue barring parking within 20 feet of the intersection, Babcock said. The city had received a complaint that the cars parked along Ingot Street made it difficult to see oncoming traffic.

O’Neill also suggested putting in a walkway and a four-way stop at the intersection of Ingot Street and Ethel Avenue.

“It’s a very congested area,” she said. “Some people wouldn’t like that, but it would definitely slow down the speed of people coming down the street.”

Babcock said a four-way stop might be considered after street work through a Small Urban Program grant finishes this summer.