closed #162276
Traffic Signals
2727-2789 State Road 46
- Case Date:
- 1/11/2018
Left turn arrow not working. Large backups in turn lane.
Left turn arrow not working. Large backups in turn lane.
Left turn arrow not working. Large backups in turn lane.
Left turn arrow not working. Large backups in turn lane.
I was waiting for green light signal at approximately 2:35 pm today (6/6/2017) from eastbound 10th St, but the green light changed to yellow light in less than a second.
It appears that a problem with the traffic signal system at the S. College Mall Rd. and E Covenanter Dr has caused the signal system to be reprogrammed for repeated phases with no pedestrian lights. Since the input sensors are not working, the pedestrian buttons do not work. The phase allowing auto crossing of College Mall Rd is much to short for pedestrians to get across. Until the complete repairs are made, the signal needs to be reprogrammed with a pedestrian phase. The intersection is very dangerous for pedestrians even with working pedestrian signals. With the current programming, the intersection is effectively unusable for pedestrians and very dangerous for those pedestrians who must cross (such as to catch the bus). This matter is an emergency and needs to be fixed immediately.
Traffic light at College Mall Rd and Covenanter Drive is not cycling properly. The left turn loops or cameras are not working properly for traffic turning left from College Mall Rd onto Covenanter. The light is only allowing three to four cars to turn left for just six seconds. This causes southbound traffic on College Mall Rd to back up all the way to Burger King.
On Saturday I was eastbound on Covenanter and pulled up to the traffic light at College Mall Rd. I was in the right lane and the signal went through a full rotation and never gave me a green light to cross College Mall Rd. I ended up turning right/south on red.
We were traveling east on 10th St. this evening, approaching the bypass on the east side. While waiting for the red light to change to green, the train gate on the bypass lowered and a train approached also from the east. When a train is crossing the bypass, the light rightly does not allow traffic through from the north, as it would soon have nowhere to go. This is good. BUT it also did not allow our lane to travel through the intersection going east! I know there is no separate right-turn signal there to stop people from turning south onto the bypass, but it is not logical to stop all traffic going east as well. And besides, the light DOES allow westbound traffic on 10th Street to BOTH continue west AND turn south onto the bypass -- even though there is a separate signal there for the south-turn lane -- and those cars then are stopped by the crossing gate. This is really illogical, and should be remedied.