Signals at Lake Street, Gary Avenue to be reviewed.(Neighbor)(Traffic Q & A)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July, 2007

Byline: Andrew Smith Q. I have encountered a problem with the northbound and southbound left-turn lanes on Gary Avenue at Lake Street on the far west side of Roselle. Even though there are double-left-turn lanes in each direction, the left-turn arrow is too short. People are constantly continuing to turn left onto eastbound or westbound Lake St., long after they no longer have a left-turn arrow.

Can anything be done about this? - B.K., Glendale Heights A. You are correct: Even during a non-rush-hour period in the middle of the day, the left-turn arrow only lasts for about five seconds. Even though Gary Avenue is a DuPage County route, traffic engineer David Ziesemer of the DuPage County Division of Transportation said the Illinois Department of...

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