Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Traffic Safety topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Lewisburg council to request synchronization and 5-second increase for left-turn signals at North Ellington Parkway and Verona Avenue
Summary
Council members agreed to ask the traffic authority/utility to synchronize left-turn movements at the North Ellington Parkway/Verona Avenue intersection and initially add 5 seconds to the left-turn phase to reduce backups and accidents.
Lewisburg councilors directed staff to request that traffic signal timing at the North Ellington Parkway and Verona Avenue intersection be synchronized and that the left-turn phase be extended modestly to reduce backups and accidents.
Speaker 4 described repeated accidents at the intersection and said the left-turn lanes on opposing approaches do not change at the same time, producing backups. Speaker 4 said a traffic contact (Brian Fuller with LES, as named in the meeting) indicated the change could be made without major cost. Speaker 1 recommended asking for a 5-second increase to the left-turn movement as a measured test and suggested updating the request if further adjustments are needed.
Councilors discussed authority and the administrative path to effect the change; Speaker 6 and Speaker 2 said the change would be primarily administrative and could be handled by planning or LES with a roll-call vote appropriate when the item is placed on a future agenda. No formal roll-call vote was recorded at the work session; the council directed staff to place the request on the agenda and pursue synchronization and a five-second extension.
