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City traffic engineer says six studied intersections do not meet national signal warrants; staff and council weigh safety, costs
Summary
A traffic engineer told the Hutchinson City Council on July 1 that six intersections studied in the city do not meet national signal‑warrant thresholds and that maintaining unwarranted signals can raise crash risks and long‑term costs.
A traffic engineer told the Hutchinson City Council on July 1 that six intersections studied in the city do not meet national traffic-signal warrant thresholds and that maintaining unwarranted signals can raise crash risks and long-term costs.
The study by Patrick Bird of JEO Consulting Group analyzed three “Group 1” intersections on Fourth Street (Fourth & Washington, Fourth & Walnut and Avenue A & Washington) and three “Group 2” locations (20th-Third & Tyler, Bigger & Maple, and Eleventh & Baker). Bird said none of the sites satisfied MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) warrants for signal installation or continued signal control and recommended removing unwarranted signals and using stop control where appropriate. “This is a national standard that’s published by FHWA,” Bird said of the MUTCD guidance, and he emphasized that satisfying a warrant “doesn’t necessarily mean that the installation of a signal… goes in” — the warrant is guidance, not an automatic order.
Why it matters: City staff said removing unwarranted signals could reduce…
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