Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, May 8, 1993 TAG: 9305080153
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE:
DATELINE: INDEPENDENCE LENGTH: Short
It is the first of its kind to be used in the Bristol transportation district. It allows transportation engineers to monitor traffic flow, make timing adjustments and run computer tests to analyze malfunctions from the traffic engineering office in Bristol.
"By having direct access to the signal from our office," said transportation engineer Ronnie Hubble, "we can make adjustments to the traffic signal without driving approximately 200 miles round trip to Independence from Bristol. Therefore, adjustments will be made much quicker and more efficiently."
If a major malfunction needed fixing at the site, he said, "we could use the computer analysis in order to know what replacement parts or supplies our technicians should take with them."
Besides increasing efficiency, the new light is expected to improve traffic flow through the intersection.
The signal is 17 feet above the street on an arm mounted to a pole. It will provide almost 2 1/2 more feet of clearance than the signal it replaced. - Southwest bureau
by CNB