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Delray commission opts for sight-line fixes after traffic study, delays signal analysis
Summary
After staff presented a six-day study showing most crashes near Northeast 1st Street and Federal Highway stemmed from improper lane changes and visibility issues, commissioners agreed to pursue bus-shelter relocation, vegetation mitigation and coordination with FDOT and Palm Tran rather than immediate traffic-signal warrants.
Delray Beach officials on Dec. 1 discussed targeted, administrative solutions for a busy interchange near Northeast 1st Street and Federal Highway after a staff traffic study found visibility and improper lane changes — not speeding — were the principal contributors to recent crashes.
“[The] crash was caused by someone making an unsafe lane change without looking,” staff said in a presentation describing an early-November crash that drew heavy social media attention. Investigators reported…
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