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Council approves $39,382 purchase of radar traffic sensors for Mason‑Morrow/Millgrove intersection
Summary
The council authorized the purchase of radar and sensor units totaling $39,382 under a state contract to upgrade traffic detection at the Mason‑Morrow/Millgrove/State Route 48 intersection. The devices detect queued traffic to optimize signal timing; they are not speed‑enforcement radar.
The South Lebanon City Council approved a $39,382 purchase for radar and sensor units to be installed at the Mason‑Morrow/Millgrove/State Route 48 intersection.
City staff explained the purchase will replace failed road‑mounted sensors on the east‑west approaches and will add radar units on all four approaches so signal timing can respond to actual vehicle queues. A staff speaker said the northbound and southbound approaches already used radar units; the east‑west sensors had deteriorated or been damaged.
“Those, those have failed. Like, some wires have been cut somewhere in them. They just deteriorated,” a staff member said. The devices are intended to detect queued traffic and enable adaptive signal timing; they are not for speed enforcement, council members clarified.
Council moved to approve the purchase through a state contract and voted unanimously. The budgeted purchase replaces older detectors and is intended to improve traffic flow at a key intersection.
