your QUESTIONS Why has NCDOT not installed a smart traffic light at N.C. 68 and Leabourne Road?
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When we are traveling on N.C. 68 we often have to stop at the light, but no one is coming in the other direction. It is frustrating, and with gas prices these days it is also expensive.
The signal is currently under construction as a result of the new development on the east side of N.C. 68, confirmed Bobby Norris, a district engineer with NCDOT’s regional office
in Greensboro. “With this modification, it is very likely the activation loops may be disconnected while under construction and they are defaulting to the maximum allowable timing set up in the programming for each phase,” Norris wrote in an email to the Northwest Observer. “The signal is connected to all of the other loops by way of fiber optics to help the signals communicate with each other and work at the maximum efficiency.” Norris asked that those driving in this area be patient, and said the signal timing “will be functioning properly very soon.”
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