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June 24, 2004 - Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels January 26, 2004 Traffic light installation to begin this week By Bill Choy Ashland Daily Tidings After a month of delays, work to complete several street lights on Siskiyou Boulevard is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Satsuki Doi | Ashland Daily Tidings Jerry Henry works to install a traffic signal Friday on Siskiyou Boulevard. Karl Johnson, assistant engineer for the City of Ashland said work will begin at the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Siskiyou Boulevard. The final work will include pulling wire, placing all traffic signal heads and testing the system. The work is expected to begin at 7 a.m. and should end by 2 p.m., Johnson said. There will be four flaggers at the intersection during the installation. "Traffic will be delayed a little, but it should be moving fairly smoothly with four flaggers," Johnson said. The stop lights are part of a $3.3 million project to improve the boulevard, one of the key thoroughfares in the city. The project began in December of 2002 and has been marked by several delays. The final paving work is expected to begin sometime in the spring, probably by April, Johnson said. Construction crews are waiting until the weather constantly hits 50 degrees - ideal weather for paving work. Work will continue on the remaining street lights, most likely on the following Tuesday at the corner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Beach Street. Work will commence about that time on the remaining lights located in locations such as East Main at 3rd Street and Gresham; at Sherman Street at Siskiyou; and emergency signals at the fire station on Siskiyou Boulevard. Johnson said traffic should not be adversely affected, since these lights aren't currently in use, unlike Mountain Avenue. The city had hoped work on the signals would have began sometime in December, or early January. That was delayed, due in part to a design error in pole placement (civil design), and errors in the details for Oregon Department of Transportation approval (traffic engineer). ODOT also has to inspect the remaining lights to make sure they are up to the agencies specifications, city officials said. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams