Traffic Control & Maintenance Program

This program provides for the installation and maintenance of traffic signals, traffic signs, street markers, and signs for other divisions as warranted by the Federal Highway Administration Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (M.U.T.C.D.).  This program also performs traffic studies and traffic counts as needed.  To date we have completed 54 traffic speed studies for the Engineering Division.  Currently, the Traffic Program has over 10,500 street signs to maintain.

The Traffic Division has 95 traffic signals currently in operation.  New signals at Drake and Gregg and Double Springs and Wedington will be coming online soon.  Two other signals - at 6th and Garland and Starr and Mission - are in the design stage.

Thirty-nine emergency power supplies were installed at critical intersections which allow the traffic signal to operate 5 hours when the power fails.

Testing has begun on LED overhead luminaries for lighting at some intersections to reduce power consumption and utility cost.

The Traffic Division continues to add video detection at intersections.  To date there are 44 video systems installed.

We have begun installation of Fire Truck optical preemption at 12 more intersections for reduced response time during emergency fire runs.  Currently there are 7 in operation.  The preemption equipment cycles the traffic signal to give the Fire Truck a green indication for the direction it is traveling.  This helps to move vehicles out of the travel path to decrease the response time.