Neil Avenue Traffic Signals and Intersection Improvements
Description and Benefits:
Part of the city of Columbus' responsibility for providing a transportation system that is safe as possible for all users is to replace antiquated traffic signals with modern technology. Eight traffic signals on Neil Avenue are more than 30 years old and must be upgraded in order to connect them in 2014 to the citywide Traffic Signal System project currently in construction.
The work will also remove overhead, traffic-signal cables at the eight signalized intersections and add pedestrian features. The project will improve traffic flow, provide connectivity to the City's Traffic Management Center and assist pedestrians and mobility-and vision-impaired individuals.
Planned improvements for Neil Avenue include:
•Installing decorative, black, mast-arm signal poles like those in other historic districts and downtown
•Adding new traffic signal controllers
•Installing fiber-optic cable on east side of Neil Avenue between Goodale and Eleventh avenues
•Adding and upgrading Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps
•Installing countdown timers for crossing intersections •Refreshing pavement markings at intersections
Status:
In design.
Schedule:
Design: Targeted for completion in December 2015
Construction: Scheduled to begin in spring 2015 if funding is obtained
Estimated Costs:
Design: $300,000
Right-of-way acquisition: $80,000
Construction and inspection: $3,000,000
Underground utility work: $100,000
Contact Information:
City of Columbus Project Manager for Design: Larry Pollard, Jr., P.E., tel. (614) 645-6502
Designer: GPD Consulting Group
Construction Contractor: TBD