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Salem board okays $6,000 traffic engineering work, advertises bid for 119/22 intersection repairs
Summary
Supervisors approved a $6,000 traffic‑engineering proposal from Gibson‑Thomas Engineering and authorized advertising bids for permanent repairs to a damaged mast arm assembly at the 119/22 intersection after multiple recent incidents.
The board authorized Gibson‑Thomas Engineering to prepare specifications and bid documents for repairs to a damaged mast arm assembly at the 119/22 intersection, approving the firm's proposal for $6,000. The supervisors stipulated the fee will not be exceeded without prior written authorization.
Chair Kerry Jobe noted the incident is part of a string of crashes: "This is the third one in recent history, four overall where there have been accidents involving our traffic signals." Following the engineering authorization, the board directed staff to advertise bid specifications for the permanent repair so construction procurement can proceed.
Supervisors said temporary stabilization work was scheduled immediately to make the pole secure and a permanent repair would follow the posted bid process.
