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Public works outlines plan to bag and test removal of select traffic signals; council raises safety and growth concerns
Summary
Public Works presented a study identifying several traffic signals that may no longer be necessary; the department plans to bag two and monitor for 90 days as a safety test while council members urged caution at specific intersections.
Cecil Webb, director of public works, told the Hutchinson City Council on June 3 that the city has begun a study to identify traffic signals that may no longer be necessary and that staff plans to bag and test removal of selected signals for a 90‑day trial under MUTCD procedures.
Webb said the city’s signal inventory is above what typically would be expected for a municipality of Hutchinson’s size (research suggests 40–60 signals by population), and aging infrastructure and changing traffic patterns prompted…
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