INTERSECTION OF ITS KIND IN IDAHO AND I- T-D SAYS IT IS GOING TO
RELIEF TRAFFIC AT ONE OF
THE VALLEY'S BUSIEST
INTERSECTIONS.
I-T-D WILL BEGIN
CONSTRUCTION ON A
HALF CONTINUOUS
FLOWING INTERSECTION
AT THE CORNER OF EAGLE
AND HIGHWAY 44
STARTING ON MONDAY.
ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS
COMPLETE I-T-D SAYS
YOU WILL NOTICE A LOT
LESS TRAFFIC, BUT YOU
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
PAY ATTENTION AS YOU
APPROACH THE
INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT
WILL LOOK VERY
DIFFERENT.
JOINING US NOW ON THE
NEWS AT 4 TO TALK
ABOUT THESE CHANGES IS
JAKE MELDER HE IS WITH
THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNICATIONS WITH
I-T-D.
JAKE...I'VE SHOWN THE
ANIMATED VIDEO YOU
HAVE PUT OUT ON THIS
AND EVERYONE WHO HAS
SEEN
SEEN HAS
SEEN HAS HAD THIS REACTION...... WHAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
REACTION...... WHAH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? OBVIOUSLY, A FIRST OF
IT'S KIND INTERSECTION
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO
TAKE SOME EDUCATION....
LETS START WITH THE
BASICS....WHY IS THIS
BETTER
BETTER THAN THE TRADITIONAL 4 WAY LIGHTS WITH THE
TURNING ARROW?
TURNING ARROW?
--
-- TELL
-- TELL US ABOUT THE CHANGES AND HOW THIS WILL NOT ONLY MAKE
THIS INTERSECTION SAFER
-- BUT HOW IT WILL HELP
TRAFFIC FLOW.
TRAFFIC FLOW.
--
-- WHAT
-- WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHANGES PEOPLE NEED TO BE AWARE OF?
--
-- WILL
-- WILL IT FEEL WEIRD THE
FIRST
FIRST FEW
FIRST FEW TIMES YOUR DRIVE THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION?
-- AND WHEN
APPROACHING THIS
INTERSECTION -- YOU
NEED
NEED TO
NEED TO BE PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS... THE MESSAGE
HERE -- STAY UNDER THE
SIGNS AND FOLLOW THE
LINES.
-- OK, SO WE COVERED
LEFT-HAND
LEFT-HAND TURNS -- DOES ANYTHING CHANGE
IF
IF I
IF I WANT
IF I WANT TO TURN RIGHT?
RIGHT?
--
-- WHEN
-- WHEN WILL IT BE
RIGHT?
RIGHT? --
RIGHT? -- WHEN WILL IT BE
--
-- OK,
-- OK, SO
-- OK, SO WE COVERED LEFT-HAND TURNS -- DOES ANYTHING CHANGE
IF
IF I
IF I WANT
IF I WANT TO TURN RIGHT?
RIGHT?
--
-- WHEN
-- WHEN WILL IT BE
RIGHT?
RIGHT? --
RIGHT? -- WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETE?
-- IS THIS A TEAM EFFORT
WITH ACHD LIKE THE
VETERANS/STATE STREET PROJECT AND UPCOMING WITH ACHD LIKE THE
VETERANS/STATE STREET
PROJECT AND UPCOMING
PIERCE PARK/STATE STREET
PROJECT SLATED FOR THIS
FALL?
FALL?
PROJECT
PROJECT AND UPCOMING PIERCE PARK/STATE STREET PROJECT SLATED FOR THIS
FALL?