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Virginia City council hears warnings that aging traffic signals may fall; directs staff to identify urgent fixes
Summary
Council heard SEH and Public Works warnings that several traffic-signal poles near 6th and 9th avenues are structurally degraded and could fail. Members debated funding, temporary 4-way stops, and directed staff to find the safest, quickest mitigation and report back for a vote.
Virginia City councilors spent a large portion of their Dec. 2 Committee of the Whole meeting weighing safety risks and costs after an SEH traffic analysis found several traffic signals in poor condition.
SEH engineer John Gray’s memo — summarized by Matt Reed of SEH — said the signals at 6th Avenue and 9th Street and near Alcott Park are “out of date” and suffering both electrical and structural problems. Reed told the council the worst intersections could require full…
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