New traffic system in Salem
SALEM — Next year around this time the city will have a new system to regulate traffic on East and West State streets.
The drive along the city’s major corridor now can be either a pleasant trip or a long slog if a motorist hits most of the 12 red lights.
Mike Bibbee, the city’s electrician who oversees the system installed in 1995, said the new system will be fine-tuned to the current traffic patterns in late 2009.
The good news is the Ohio Department of Transportation will pay for 80 percent of the work. The city’s 20 percent share is about $200,000 and is already in the bank. “It’s a go,” Bibbee said.
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