Traffic Signal Improvement Projec

The Office of the City Engineer applied for and received Federal funding to replace twenty-three (23) traffic signals, over the next five years. The signals to be replaced will be along the Maclay Street, Market Street, 6th, 13th, and 17th Street Corridors. The 6th, 13th, and 17th Street Corridors have been combined into one project. The proposed signals will provide improved visibility and safety for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The total cost for the proposed upgrades will exceed four million dollars ($4,000,000). This Project is primarily the replacement and upgrade of traffic signal equipment at 23 intersections and will not involve physical improvements to the roadway except for minor curb radii and drainage improvements.

 Market Street Corridor: Construction began May 2006 and is anticipated to be complete February 2007.

 Contractor: Karharcik Electric Inspector: T.W. Consultants, Inc. Designer: HRG, Inc.

 Intersections:

1. Market and Seventeenth Street

2. Market and Nineteenth Street

3. Market and Hale Street

4. Twenty-Fifth and Rudy Road

5. Market, Twenty-First, Whitehall, Berkeley and Taylor Boulevard

Maclay Street Corridor: – Construction began January 2006 and is anticipated to be complete in September 2006.

Contractor: Bruce & Merrilees Electric.

Inspector: T.W. Consultants, Inc.          

Designer: HRG, Inc.

Intersections:

1. Maclay and Front Street                 

2. Maclay and Second Street

3. Maclay and Third Street

4. Maclay and Fourth Street

5. Maclay and Sixth Street

Combined Corridors: 6th Street Corridor, 17th Street Corridor, and 13th Street Corridor have been combined into one project. The final PS&E plans have been submitted to PennDOT and are under review.

Intersections:

1. Sixth and Division Street

2. Sixth and Schuylkill Street

3. Sixth and Reily Street

4. Third and Reily Street

5. Seventeenth and Arsenal Boulevard

6. Seventeenth and Herr Street

7. Seventeenth and Walnut Street

8. Seventeenth and Berryhill Street

9 Seventeenth and Brookwood Street

10. Herr Street and Twentieth Street

11. Thirteenth and Walnut Street

12. Thirteenth and Market Street

13. Thirteenth and Berryhill Street