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You can sit an eternity on Oakland to make a left hand turn onto Kennett Road. It's a red light with a green arrow. It takes too long and more often then not, there's no traffic coming. Sometimes people think the red light is stuck and turn anyway. I would get caught.
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Mona Hofmeister-Citizens Against Blight (Registered User)
Mona Hofmeister-Citizens Against Blight (Registered User)
Anonymous (Guest)
if you want to get to the man with the answers i did
here is the info
he works for MDOT who is in charge of the traffic lights, NOT oakland county rd comm
morosir@michigan.gov
Ph# 248-483-5127
if you want this fixed, flood him with your complaints. i sent mine now its up to the rest of you who are tired of waiting at that light.
Sandie
Road Commission (Guest)
Mona:
The Road Commission for Oakland County maintains the signal at Kennett and Dixie Highway on behalf of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), which owns the signal.
The timing is set as it is because there is far more trafffic on Dixie than on Kennett. Obviously, there will be times when there is less traffic on Dixie, and the Kennett traffic will have to wait a little while, but increasing the time for Kennett would be too disruptive to the heavy traffic on Dixie on most occasions (and thus would increase the congestion and the potential for traffic crashes on Dixie).
Thank you for the feedback.
Road Commission for Oakland County
Mona Hofmeister-Citizens Against Blight (Registered User)
Road Commission (Guest)
Mona:
Our traffic engineers note that if the signal went to flash mode, there would never be times when the Dixe Traffic had to come to a stop, and therefore, during busy times, it would be even more difficult for the side street traffic to enter Dixe.
Also, the Road Commission, in conjunction with MDOT, has been reviewing the signal timings along the Dixe Corridor for the last six months, and we expect to introduce some new timings in the next couple of weeks or so that should help -- they will reduce the wait time for some of the side streets.
Thanks again for your input -- it is appreciated.
Road Commission for Oakland County
Mona Hofmeister-Citizens Against Blight (Registered User)
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