Tyler Addresses Traffic Issues
Posted/updated on: April 26, 2013 at 11:06 am
TYLER — Daily commuting in Tyler these days involves more stopping than going. The city’s growth has made navigating our streets a daily battle. City Hall is aware of the driver frustration. In 2007, The Tyler 21 Steering Committee mapped out a plan, and transportation was on that list then. The group, now known as Tyler 1st, posts monthly surveys asking citizens to weigh in on what they think the city needs to improve on. City planners tell KETK they review the plan every five years.
City Engineer Peter Eng says to help alleviate some of the traffic, Tyler converted about fifty of its traffic signals to flashing yellow arrows. The city will also be adding a fifth adaptive control system, which calculates what happens at an intersection every fifteen minutes and predicts how it should adjust itself to accommodate traffic. Along with that, the city hopes work on Grande Boulevard and Toll 49 will relieve some of the congestion.
