Day: Oct 31, 2019
Call: Brian Carlstrom, 508-957-0701
EASTHAM, Mass— Cape Cod Nationwide Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom announced that function is commencing on the installation of a pedestrian crossing beacon at the intersection of Governor Prence Highway and Route 6 close to the Captain Penniman Dwelling in Eastham. The pedestrian beacon was provided in a 2012 Transit in the Parks federal earmark entitled “Improve pedestrian and bicycle crossings of key roadways using self-activated flashing beacons and a hybrid pedestrian beacon.” The self-activated flashing beacons had been installed many yrs in the past at the pursuing places:
1. Marconi Web-site Highway and Cape Cod Rail Trail, Wellfleet
2. Moors Road at Herring Cove Seaside space, Provincetown
3. Race Issue Highway and Beech Forest Parking Ton, Provincetown
4. Race Position Road and Province Lands Bicycle Trail at Airport, Provincetown
5. Cape Cod Rail Path at Nauset Road in close proximity to Railroad Avenue, Eastham
The Significant intensity Activated crosswalk (HAWK) pedestrian crossing beacon will be located at a curve on substantial velocity, large volume, four lane State Route 6, which is below the jurisdiction of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The beacon is meant to lead to enhanced basic safety for pedestrians in the place. Additionally, the HAWK pedestrian beacon is a new and revolutionary gadget unfamiliar to most motorists.
The contractor began to mobilize on web-site Monday, October 28 and place up design signage. They will excavate for electrical conduit, and set up curbing and sidewalks. Function will also include things like directional drilling beneath the roadway for the electrical electrical power (no open up trench in the street to affect website traffic), and set up of concrete bases for the crossing sign mast arms and poles. Perform this drop should really consider 3-4 months overall. The mast arms, poles, and fixtures will be set up in mid to late spring (April-May perhaps) and the sign is scheduled to be operational by the summer months of 2020.
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