Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Main Street traffic signal getting upgrade

A Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KyTC) crew today is working on a change to the traffic signal along Main Street that should ease the flow of traffic when the job is finished.

A crew is in the process of changing out the equipment and system that triggers a signal change at the intersection of Main and Bellville streets. Once finished, the upgraded intersection signal will give vehicles along Main Street the green light unless a vehicle is detected on Bellville Street on either side of the primary north-south corridor through town.

"This means Main Street legs will be green more often," KyTC spokesman Keith Todd told The Crittenden Press when the change was first announced in February. "Now it's strictly timed. If you come up at midnight and there is no traffic, you still have to wait for it to signal through."

The alteration is a work in progress, with traffic and electrical crews working on the project when they are not doing maintenance or repair work on existing signals elsewhere. No date is available for completion of the work.