Traffic Panel Discusses Flashing Yellow Lights, Approves LED Lights At McKinley, Jefferson Intersection
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The signals are for protected and permissive left turns as part of signal modernizations.
A flashing yellow arrow for left turns at an intersection means that motorists should slow down and use caution when turning, and must yield the right of way to oncoming traffic as well as any pedestrians who may be crossing the intersection.
Over the next several years, Indiana Department of Transportation will be installing new four-section signal heads which include a flashing yellow arrow.
These signals will replace the left-turn traffic signals that do not include a flashing yellow arrow. At certain locations with vertical clearance indications, INDOT may use alternative three-section signals to display flashing yellow arrow indications.
“The new left turn signals will improve intersection efficiency by allowing more left turns during each signal cycle,” said Kip Shuter, traffic commission administrator.
Shuter said he had discussion with Dana Platter, INDOT traffic engineer, regarding locations in Warsaw for flashing yellow arrow traffic signal indications.
Some of the recommendations for flashing yellow lights in Warsaw include CR 150W, CR 200N, Meijer and Springhill intersections, CR 225E and CR 250E.
Other possible locations for flashing yellow arrow signs include the Center, Parker Street and Argonne Road intersections; Center Street and Eastlake Drive intersection; and Argonne Road and Jefferson Street intersection.
Shuter said Plattner informed him Fort Wayne installed its first flashing yellow lights on Ind. 1 and Dupont Road in Fort Wayne last week.
INDOT has a safety project planned for 2015 on the entire U.S. corridor that will include Warsaw, Fort Wayne and Columbia City.
The project is to install new all-black traffic signal heads and backplates with yellow reflective stripping on the edges for better visibility.
In other business, the commission approved installing flashing LED stop signs on the north- and south-bound lanes at the intersection of McKinley and Jefferson Streets to better alert drivers to the existing stop signs.
Also during the meeting, City Planner Jeremy Skinner said the wayfinding signs the city approved are currently under construction.
The building and planning department with the assistance of the street department employees will install the signs this summer.
The signs will direct people to downtown parking and local areas such as Wagon Wheel Theatre, The Village at Winona, Central Park, the hotel and downtown districts and the Visitor’s Bureau.[[In-content Ad]]
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The signals are for protected and permissive left turns as part of signal modernizations.
A flashing yellow arrow for left turns at an intersection means that motorists should slow down and use caution when turning, and must yield the right of way to oncoming traffic as well as any pedestrians who may be crossing the intersection.
Over the next several years, Indiana Department of Transportation will be installing new four-section signal heads which include a flashing yellow arrow.
These signals will replace the left-turn traffic signals that do not include a flashing yellow arrow. At certain locations with vertical clearance indications, INDOT may use alternative three-section signals to display flashing yellow arrow indications.
“The new left turn signals will improve intersection efficiency by allowing more left turns during each signal cycle,” said Kip Shuter, traffic commission administrator.
Shuter said he had discussion with Dana Platter, INDOT traffic engineer, regarding locations in Warsaw for flashing yellow arrow traffic signal indications.
Some of the recommendations for flashing yellow lights in Warsaw include CR 150W, CR 200N, Meijer and Springhill intersections, CR 225E and CR 250E.
Other possible locations for flashing yellow arrow signs include the Center, Parker Street and Argonne Road intersections; Center Street and Eastlake Drive intersection; and Argonne Road and Jefferson Street intersection.
Shuter said Plattner informed him Fort Wayne installed its first flashing yellow lights on Ind. 1 and Dupont Road in Fort Wayne last week.
INDOT has a safety project planned for 2015 on the entire U.S. corridor that will include Warsaw, Fort Wayne and Columbia City.
The project is to install new all-black traffic signal heads and backplates with yellow reflective stripping on the edges for better visibility.
In other business, the commission approved installing flashing LED stop signs on the north- and south-bound lanes at the intersection of McKinley and Jefferson Streets to better alert drivers to the existing stop signs.
Also during the meeting, City Planner Jeremy Skinner said the wayfinding signs the city approved are currently under construction.
The building and planning department with the assistance of the street department employees will install the signs this summer.
The signs will direct people to downtown parking and local areas such as Wagon Wheel Theatre, The Village at Winona, Central Park, the hotel and downtown districts and the Visitor’s Bureau.[[In-content Ad]]
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