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City to install adaptive traffic signal technology on two corridors after $1.159M FDOT grant
Summary
Council approved use of a $1,159,000 FDOT TAPs grant to upgrade 15 signalized intersections on 60th Street and Tyrone Boulevard with adaptive controllers, roadside units with embedded video detection, fiber communications and a new traffic‑management video wall.
St. Petersburg City Council unanimously approved staff requests to purchase integrated roadside units (RSUs) and increase a blanket purchase allocation to buy traffic signal controllers and cabinets under an FDOT Technology Application Partnership (TAPS) grant worth $1,159,000. The funding requires expenditure by the end of the year; the council approved the staff recommendation (agenda item F1A) by roll call.
Cheryl Stacks, transportation and parking management, presented the project scope: 15 signalized intersections on state roads in West St. Petersburg — 60th Street from Pasadena Avenue to 30th Avenue North and Tyrone Boulevard from 5th Avenue North to Park Street. The grant award supports replacement of controllers and cabinets (Econolite equipment under the city's existing blanket purchase), installation of RSUs with integrated video detection, communications…
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