CANTON: Coordination between railroad warning devices and traffic signals is scheduled to be improved at crossings in the central part of the city under terms of legislation approved this week. Signal upgrades are planned for the intersections of Cleveland Avenue and Market Avenue South, Fourth Street Southeast and Madison Court, Third Street Southeast and Madison Court, Tuscarawas Street East and Cherry Avenue, and 12th Street Northeast and Lawrence Road. The project also includes upgrades to the railroad crossings, railroad warning devices and equipment. On Monday, City Council authorized the administration to seek bids and award a contract for the work, to be financed by $200,000 from the Ohio Rail Development Commission. The tracks belong to the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway. In other action Monday, council authorized a $20,000 contract with the National Organization of Urban Maternal and Child Health Leaders to help the Stark County Equity Institute for Infant Mortality. The goal is to reduce African-American infant mortality. Also, city Law Director Joseph Martuccio said he would check into the legality of a two-way bicycle lane recently created on one-way Walnut Avenue. Pete Digiacomo of Dent Place Southwest said bikes should move with traffic
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:40:34 +0000
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