Would You Like a Stop Light at Twin Hills Parkway?
After a recent traffic study, the city is looking into installing a traffic light at the intersection of Twin Hills and Ravenna Road
Are you tired of trying to make the impossible left turn from Twin Hills Parkway to Ravenna Road? Relief may be in sight.
Twinsburg City Council approved a motion Tuesday night to have the city engineer begin planning and design for a new traffic signal at the intersection.
City Engineer Amy Mohr shared the results of a recent study for the intersection, which met three state requirements for a stop light. The state determined the intersection was busy enough, including rush hour, to reccommend installing a traffic light.
Mohr said the project could begin as early as 2013 at an estimated cost of $120,000.
Ward 2 Councilman Bob McDermott believes the traffic signal is a smart idea.
"I see no reason not to do it," he said.
One of the criterion the intersection did not meet was the number of crashes. Mohr said in order to meet the crash standards, there must be at least five in a one-year period.
"At Twin Hills, several crashes at this intersection would be corrected by a traffic signal," Mohr said via email.
An engineer from design firm URS Corporation recommended that a two-phase signal be installed, meaning the light would stay green on Ravenna Road until a car is recognized on Twin Hills Parkway.
Michele
1:44 pm on Thursday, March 15, 2012
I am a resident of Birchwood Hills Estates and DO NOT want a traffic light there. The heavy traffic is for an hour in the am and an hour in the afternoon.... if the "cut-thru" people don't like the line of cars, they can go a different way. It already takes too long to make a left at the other exit to our development (rt 82)... NO Light is needed at this intersection. It is not a dangerous intersection as the study shows. I would be more worried about enforcing the speed limit on Twin Hills, than the traffic light. The traffic light will just make it a long delay for residence of this area to make a left when there is no traffic (22 hours of the 24 hour day - only 2 hrs a day is there alot of cars). Use that money for something useful!!!!!!!
Dave
7:41 am on Friday, March 16, 2012
I agree with Michele. The money could be better spent. Pretty soon you won't be able to go 1/4 mile in the city without stopping.
Michele
11:23 am on Friday, March 16, 2012
True Dave ~ from the square to the RBC, there will be 5 lights in less than a mile. (on the square, new light, Libray entrance, HS entrance and RBC entrance)
Michele
11:24 am on Friday, March 16, 2012
True Dave ~ from the square to the RBC, there will be 5 lights in less than a mile. (on the square, new light, Library entrance, HS entrance and RBC entrance)