Salisbury – The City of Salisbury will be removing the temporary rumble strips and installing permanent flashing stop signs at the intersection of Camden Ave. and South Blvd. The temporary rumble strips are planned to be removed during the day on Tuesday, May 30th. This road work will require closing down Camden Ave. from 9am-4pm from Pennsylvania Ave. to South Blvd. as well as South Blvd. to Monticello. South Blvd. will still be open for traffic and residents living on Camden Ave. will still have access to their driveways. The removal process will not involve large machinery so road work will be relatively quiet for neighboring residents.
The 4 permanent flashing stop signs will be installed when supplies are delivered in June. These stop signs have solar powered LED lights permanently outfitted in the perimeter of the octagonal sign to bring more awareness to the intersection. These are the last of the currently planned changes to the intersection of Camden Ave. and South Blvd. but the City of Salisbury will continue to document the traffic pattern of the neighborhood.
The traffic flow of this area has been monitored for several years and traffic studies have been analyzed when planning changes to the intersection. Traffic studies are in depth investigations of the transportation system in a specific area, which pull data from various sources to show if a current traffic pattern is warranted or to help form a plan if changes need to be made.
When forming traffic studies for the intersection of South Blvd. and Camden Ave., the City of Salisbury compiled data from the Army Corp of Engineers on sightline analysis, local cameras were used to record travel counts through the intersection and GPS systems were installed to document speed of traveling vehicles. The traffic studies showed that a stop light was not warranted for the intersection and the stop light was turned to a flashing red light on March 16th.
“The technology used in the stop light at the intersection is antiquated, replacement parts are no longer made so they are mainly harvested from other similar technology. After transitioning the light from a typical stop light to a flashing red, there was an equipment failure and it can no longer be used as a crossing stop light,” said Rick Baldwin, City of Salisbury Director of the Department of Infrastructure and Development. “The entire signal would need to be replaced with a new support structure, which is cost prohibitive to implement. It’s not practical to bring back the light.”
Since March 16th, there have been 4 motor vehicle accidents at this intersection, 3 of which required an accident report and 2 of those involved injuries to the occupants of the vehicles. After analyzing the accident reports, the City added additional measures the week of May 22nd to increase the safety of vehicles traveling in the area. These measures included temporary rumble strips, temporary stop signs and speed awareness signs on Camden Ave.
With a 4 way stop, Maryland law states that all drivers must yield to the vehicle operator who arrived and came to a complete stop first. After that, driving etiquette suggests to yield to the vehicle to the right when next to each other at a 4 way stop, to yield to any vehicles going straight if they are across from each other and right turns take the right of way over left turns. Residents are always urged to use caution and be mindful of their speed when nearing intersections with new traffic patterns.
“The safety of our residents is our top priority and that is why we are looking so closely at all the possible options here. We heard you at our City Council meetings and extra safety measures were added to make drivers aware of the change in traffic flow to the intersection,” said Mayor Jack Heath. “I am confident in our path ahead and look forward to traveling down Camden Ave. Tuesday evening after the rumble strips are removed.”
In an effort to give the residents a voice in traffic flow decisions in the future, The City of Salisbury is considering reinstating the ‘Traffic Safety Advisory Committee’. TSAC was a board of residents that advised the Mayor and City Council on changes needed in the City’s transportation network to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety and the efficiency of traffic movement. This board was decommissioned but can be reestablished by the Mayor to gather further perspective on the impact of traffic decisions.
Should you have any questions or need clarification regarding this project, please contact Jon Wilson or Brian Duke with Salisbury Department of Infrastructure & Development at 410-548-3170.
Taking out the Waist of money $$$$$ Jake Day & His Democrats pulled off on Taxpayers !!!!!
Does anybody know when Mill Street will be restored to a drive able road?
Remove ALL Bike Lanes !!!!!
We need NO BIKES roads signs for the roads that Have No Room for them !!!!!
Ok fine. Then fire the person(s) who decided rumple strips. Waste of time and money must have repercussions. Someone needs to be made an example that there is no money to waste.
Democrats above the Law & never punished !!!
The bullshit never stops
Funny how these stupid bike lanes and “improvements’ all happened DURING the pandemic? How much “free” federal money did Jake get? What was the source of that money and did it have anything to do with the Green New Deal or the WEF’s “Sustainable Cities” initiative?
Problem number one- THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AT THAT INTERESCTION! The traffic lights worked fine. Whatever “they” said was a traffic flow problem is a lie. I don’t remember anyone complaining about that intersection being too slow. “Safety” my butt.
Come to think of it- I don’t recall anyone WANTING a Folk Festival, or the Fire Building turned into a third rate music club, or bike lanes, or permanent homeless shelters.
I blame Salisbury University! The towns ‘electies” from Bith Barrie to Manic Mike Dunn to Jumpin Jim Ireton to Fake Day- ALL OF THEM think they are better than you. They ALL hang around with the Salisbury University snobs and they ALL listen to and support that evil NPR station. Day’s intern and the Queen of the Rainbow sidewalks, Julia Glanz, used to be an intern there. Barrie Tillghman was ALWATS on the Don Rush talk show. You KNOW that Michelle Gregory- everybody’s favorite Communist, listens to that crap.
We have been ruled for years by an elite group of liberal self satisfied creeps and it is time for it ALL to go. First, do NOT patronize Salisbury University in ANYWAY. – no sports, no events on campus- do not shop in any store that has anything to do with them. Second, do not send your children there. Third- do everything you can to get NPR defunded. Deprive these people of thier little “clubs”.
I was at he intersection the other day. I watched a guy stop and wait his turn, and the kid behind him just followed him out without stopping or waiting or the person next to go. This is why accidents happen, we can get rid of lights and rumble strips, but stupid people will always be here.
Karen ^
A true exercise in stupidity!
I hope those who had damage done to their vehicles due to these strips, sue the city!
They back tracked and called them temporary!
I would be willing to bet city hall was bombarded with calls from angry residents.
Looks like it was Andy Kitzrow’s woke idea!
We know what is best for you!
It sure is a bunch of geniuses that run daBury. Their mentality is right up there with Einstein.
Now remove the mess at the insection of Rt 13 North being Isabella St and the orange drums just a matter of time before someone gets killed there that is if it already hasn’t happened. Wicomico County Roads needs to remove all of this including the white sticks in the roads, the roundabouts, and concrete planters especially the mess around the College. Dumb & Dumber ideas they need to attend traffic school for dummies.
“The technology used in the stop light at the intersection is antiquated, replacement parts are no longer made so they are mainly harvested from other similar technology. After transitioning the light from a typical stop light to a flashing red, there was an equipment failure and it can no longer be used as a crossing stop light,” said Rick Baldwin, City of Salisbury Director of the Department of Infrastructure and Development. “The entire signal would need to be replaced with a new support structure, which is cost prohibitive to implement. It’s not practical to bring back the light.”
“Cost prohibitive”, “not practical”, do these terms apply to the National Folk Festivals, thousands spent on wasted bike lanes, numerous flags placed throughout the city to promote unity, rainbow painted sidewalks, and now the planned Salisbury Unity Square?
Jake Day and all his staff, Jack Heath and all of the current city council members, as well as all other names mentioned in this article, and to include Andy Kitzrow, are complete and utter clowns and failures.