A new adaptive traffic system at several Falls Township intersections could slow down the amount of time drivers wait at red lights when there’s no other vehicles.
The Falls Township Board of Supervisors voted virtually Monday evening to approve Remington and Vernick Engineers to design and engineering services for the program that will install adaptive signalization at 23 intersections along key corridors, including Lincoln Highway, Tyburn Road, Oxford Valley Road, and West Trenton Avenue.
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Eighty percent of the $1.35 million cost will be covered by a Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission grant. The township will cover the other 20 percent, totaling $271,180.
Derrick Kennedy, Remington and Vernick project manager, told the Supervisors that construction on the new adaptive traffic signalization would begin by next spring of summer with a completion by the end of the year.
The upgrades will allow traffic to be better managed, addressing existing issues.
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“The signals optimize themselves in real time,” Kennedy said. “This would be reactive to what’s happening out there moment to moment.”
“Adaptive traffic signals adjust almost instantly to the changes in traffic. Instead of motorists having to wait for a pre-determined traffic cycle, adaptive traffic signals would change based on the volume of vehicles in any given lane, meaning the lane with no cars in it, for example, would not be given the green light while drivers in other lanes waited their turn,” the township said in a statement.
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A similar system was installed in Middletown.
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