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Lanterns/Fixtures => News about Lanterns/Fixtures => Topic started by: rjluna2 on March 27, 2010, 12:46:22 PM
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Friday, March 26, 2010, Metro Section, page B2
Take to Task What's not working
Tackling traffic signals
Atlanta
After a call from Take to Task, Atlanta's Department of Public Works made repairs to a pair of malfunctioning traffic signals that had been frustrating drivers at a busy Atlanta location whenever there was bad weather.
Linda Straw e-mailed Take to Task about the two signals - one at Northside Parkway and 14th Street, the other at Northside and Hemphill Avenue. Straw works in the area and says both signals would switch from the normal red/yellow/green cycle to a flashing yellow status every time it rained or there was other inclement weather.
"It happens at least once a month if not more often," Straw wrote, "and snarls traffic for miles since it causes tentative crossing by motorists in all directions at both of the non-functioning lights. It can add 15-20 minutes to my commute every time it happens."
We reported the problematic signals to Atlanta's Department of Public Works last Thursday and received an encouraging response by day's end.
"[Our department] has inestigated these locations and [identified] a malfunctioning control panel," said spokeswoman Valerie Bell-Smith. She said adjustments would be made to correct the problem by the following Monday.
Bell-Smith also reminded us that anyone can report traffic signal problems directly to the city's traffic control center by calling xxx-xxx-xxxx or e-mailing **********@********.***.
Take to Task looks forward to hearing a positive reports from Straw about her commmute after our next heavy rain.
John Becker
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Thats a rather odd problem, at my house we some times lose our cable when it rains really hard.
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That's cool you have this patch :)