Grand Forks Signal Coordination Study
Overview
The Grand Forks – East Grand Forks Metropolitan Planning Orginization (MPO), working together with the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), Cities Area Transit (CAT) and City of Grand Forks, have been working towards improving the traffic signal timings along the arterial corridors of the community. By upgrading equipment and developing traffic signal coordination plans, Motorists using the corridors will be expected to experience a significant improvement. Over the next year, we will be undertaking the development of new signal timing plans for Columbia Road, Washington Street, DeMers Avenue, Gateway Drive and 42nd Street.
To develop the new timing plans, the MPO and their team will be collecting traffic data and evaluating the existing conditions. Next the study corridors will receive new signal controllers and new timing plans will be implemented. In addition to installing new weekday and weekend plans, the team will be reviewing the need for event timing plans at select intersections and providing priority timing for the CAT service.
Go to TopTentative Schedule
| Data Collection | September 2009 |
| Open House 1 | October 14, 2009 |
| Columbia Road (New Timing Plans) | October 15, 2009 |
| Open House 2 | November 3, 2010 |
| Washington Street Demers Avenue, 42nd Street and Gateway Drive (New Timing Plans) | October 2010 |
| Event Timing Plans | October 2010 |
| Transit Signal Priority | November 2010 |
| Final Project Report | December 2010 |
News and Announcements
Open House to be held on the Traffic Signal Coordination Study –The Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is holding an open house on Wednesday, November 3rd, to provide residents, business owners and other stakeholders an opportunity to become informed and provide comments on traffic signal coordination. During the last week of October, the MPO's consultant - Alliant Engineering - and City staff will be finalizing the installation and implementation of the upgraded traffic signals and new signal coordination timing plans. The streets being impacted are Gateway Drive, Washington Street, DeMers Avenue, and 42nd Street. Streets already benefiting from signal coordination timing plans are 32nd Avenue and Columbia Road; these roads will have updates installed during this time as well.
The meeting is being held in conjunction with the Grand Forks Planning and Zoning Commission's meeting. The Signal Coordination Study will be the last agenda item and after adjournment of the Commission meeting, the consultant and MPO staff will be available for further comments or questions. The meeting is also broadcast live on GF Channel #2.
| Date: | Wednesday November 3, 2010 |
| Location: |
GF City Hall, Council Chambers 255 N. 4th Street Grand Forks, ND |
| Time: | 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM |
"From our implementation of these new plans on 32nd Avenue and Columbia Road awhile back, we have seen tremendous improvement in traffic flow and significant savings in travel time," according to Mr. Earl Haugen, MPO Executive Director. "We are expanding these coordination plans out to our remaining major streets so that more public can benefit."
If you are unable to attend the meeting, the MPO will be accepting written comments until noon on Nov 10th. Comments can be mailed to the MPO at P.O. Box 5200, Grand Forks, ND 58206-5200. Comments can also be emailed to the MPO at the following address info@theforksmpo.org. Additional material on the Traffic Signal Coordination Study process is located on the MPO website at www.theforksmpo.org or can be reviewed at the MPO offices in either Grand Forks City Hall or East Grand Forks City Hall.
For further information, contact Mr. Earl Haugen, Executive Director of the Grand Forks-East Grand Forks MPO at 701-746-2660. Any individual requiring special accommodations to allow access to participate is asked to notify the ADA Coordinator 701-746-2655 of their needs prior to the meeting.
Go to TopResources
Study Corridors Map (0.50MB, PDF, 1Page)
Project Information (0.46 MB, PDF, 4 pages)
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