Council approves temporary fire station to serve northeast Fairfield
FAIRFIELD A modular living unit will serve as a temporary fire station at the North Bay Regional Water Treatment Plant to better secure emergency response for residents in the northeast section of the city.
The Fairfield council on Tuesday suspended competitive bidding and approved the purchase of a 2,160-square-foot unit manufactured by Design Space Modular PNW Inc. of Dixon. The unit can house three to four firefighters.
“Conceptual planning is underway for a new fire station. However, construction is not anticipated to commence until 2024-25 at the earliest. In the interim, and to continue to provide expeditious emergency response to the residents in northeast Fairfield, a temporary fire station is proposed on the North Bay Regional Water Treatment Plant site,” the staff report to the council states.
Rich Rifkin: Still a bumpy ride repaving Yolo County roads
One blessing of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the dramatic increase in cycling for transportation and recreation across the U.S.
American commuters who previously took a subway or bus to work feel safer from the virus riding a bike. People whose gyms closed or whose indoor fitness classes were canceled bought new bicycles and are exercising outdoors.
I’ve seen a substantial increase in cyclists riding our rural roads. Especially when the weather is nice, it’s common to find twice as many people pedaling to and from Winters, Woodland and Dixon as I would pass on a typical pre-pandemic day.
New traffic light going up on Route 17 at Olde Forge Photo: VDOT
A new traffic pattern is scheduled to go into effect on Monday, Feb. 1, on Route 17 Business in Stafford County at Route 1580 (Olde Forge Drive) and Route 1034 (Short Street), which is immediately east of the Exit 133 interchange of Interstate 95.
On Thursday, Jan. 28, a new traffic signal will be activated at the intersection of Route 17 and Olde Forge Drive. The new traffic signal was funded and installed under permit as part of private development.
To allow motorists time to adjust to the presence of the new traffic signal at Olde Forge Drive, the signal will begin by flashing through Monday, Feb. 1.
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LAWRENCE TWP. State and local officials hope the newly completed U-turn project along state Route 21 at Butterbridge Road NW will improve safety for crossing motorists.
The roadway reopened Nov. 24, about a month later than its expected completion date.
The $2.3 million project, which began in September 2019, includes two new restricted crossing U-turns to aid drivers crossing the four-lane highway.
The Ohio Department of Transportation s Highway Safety Improvement Program found in the last eight years there was an average of five crashes per year at the intersection. Of those, 83% involved vehicles crossing the median.
The installation of the so-called RCUTS eliminates vehicles from turning in the median, said Ray Marsch, public information officer for ODOT District 4, which includes Stark County.
South Carolina DOT selects safety management system developer
The system will be developed, tested, and implemented in two phases over the next 26 months
December 18, 2020 / 1 minute read
The South Carolina DOT (SCDOT) has selected Hexagon’s Geospatial division to implement a transportation safety management system that will support the state’s roadway safety programs and federal reporting requirements.
According to Hexagon, the integrated system will allow SCDOT to leverage existing crash data from the South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s databases for quicker and more accurate analysis. It will provide a data-driven environment to help transportation analysts and safety engineers identify high-risk locations based on crash rates, frequency, roadway characteristics, and other criteria. The system will also support data collection and project identification for South Carolina’s Highway Safety Improvement Program, which is critical to funding transportation safe