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Media
Advisory
For Immediate Release: June
2, 2009
Contact: Dean C. Ringle
(614) 462-3043
New
Curve Warning Signs to be Tested on Three Franklin County Roads, Iowa State University
to Monitor Results
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Sign installation
on Pontius Road
Franklin
County, Ohio
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Dean C. Ringle
, P.E., P.S., Franklin County Engineer, in association with Iowa State
University, announces that new solar-powered curve warning signs will be tested
on Alkire Road (west of Alton Road), Pontius Road (south of Hayes Road), and
Norton Road (south of Johnson Road) and that the results will be studied by the
university.
“We
are working with the Institute for Transportation at Iowa
State
University
to determine if the illuminated signs will help to lower vehicular speeds and
off-road accident rates on rural routes with speed limits of 50 mph or more,”
said Dean Ringle. “The signs will be installed this week at previous
crash locations and then monitored for their effectiveness over the next two
years.”
The sign installation and
study is being funded through a grant from the Federal Highway Administration in
coordination with
Iowa
State
University
and the sign manufacturer, Dorman Varitext of Bath, Ontario, Canada. The signs are also being tested in
Florida
and Arizona.
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