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Council suns ordinance for downtown signal removals, traffic reconfiguration planned
Summary
Council sun shined an ordinance to authorize a contract with ODOT for the JEF-Steubenville Signal Removal Project (PID124461); engineering staff said signals are on flash as a test study and portions of Washington Street will be reduced from four lanes to three with a center turn lane.
Councilmember Mayo presented an ordinance to authorize the City Manager to contract with the Ohio Department of Transportation for the JEF-Steubenville Signal Removal Project (PID124461). Engineering Director Mike Dolak said the action follows a downtown safety study and earlier ordinances that authorized design work, and explained that the signals were placed on flash as part of a test study.
Dolak described expected changes: many intersections will become all-way stops and Washington Street will be reconfigured from four lanes to three with a center turn lane. "That's going to be an all-way stop, just like all the rest of the intersection," Dolak said, and he added that crews had laid out sign locations and hoped to install them in the coming week.
Council members asked about traffic flow and safety at specific intersections, including Logan and Fifth, and Dolak said lane configurations and accident data were reviewed during the study. The ordinance was sun shined for future emergency passage.
