Nine traffic signals on Troy Road will be able to "talk" to each other next year after Edwardsville Public Works completes a traffic synchronization project.
EDWARDSVILLE – This holiday season should be the last one in which area drivers experience Troy Road gridlock as they shop, dine and browse.
After years of applying for grant funds and forming a partnership with the Village of Glen Carbon, Edwardsville Public Works is putting the final touches on the project, which should go out for bid in June 2022 through the Illinois Department of Transportation, (IDOT) said City Engineer Ryan Zwijack Tuesday.
Zwijack said they received a Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) grant for $28,800 to apply to the project in 2018. Just as they were ready to proceed, IDOT informed them that each intersection involved had to be brought up to current American with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards first. Then the pandemic arrived.
The project comprises nine traffic lights, three of them in Glen Carbon. The southern-most light is the one at Troy and Cottonwood roads, at the same intersection as Walgreens, near the Aldi and the area Walmart.
Heading north along Troy Road, the light at Junction Drive and Troy Road is next, by Applebee’s and the U.S. Bank branch.
The final Glen Carbon light affected by the project is the one at Illini Drive and Troy Road, where the Cassens car dealer is, the Sam’s Club and the Lowe’s Home Improvement warehouse are located.
Crossing the trail puts northbound drivers in Edwardsville and the first light affected there will be the Center Grove/Goshen Road intersection at Troy Road.
This optimization should, for the most part, benefit the village’s Orchard Town Center project, which will be across Troy Road from the Schnucks. Traffic congestion had been one of the issues prior to the village approving the project.
The next light is the one for the Schnucks at Troy Road, followed by Governors’ Parkway, Edwardsville Crossing Drive, Harvard Drive and the northernmost traffic light involved, Montclaire Avenue.
“This network will allow the synchronization of the signals and communication between them,” Zwijack said in February.
“No doubt there are periods of high traffic that correspond with each school’s schedule as well as typical rush hours. In the ‘Edwardsville Crossing’ area, traffic is typically highest on the weekends. The previously mentioned [synchronization] project will have traffic counts built into its programming to help these congestions.”
A recent IDOT update has delayed the synchronization project’s start, Zwijack added. He said IDOT wants Edwardsville to improve all of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible ramps in that stretch of Troy Road prior to the synchronization work.
Zwijack said Tuesday the work will involve replacing conduits, adding fiber-optic interconnects, and replacing all stoplight controllers so that the lights can talk to each other.
“Traffic should move smoothly from one end to the other, with minimum wait times depending on the time of day,” Zwijack said. He said at 1 a.m., a vehicle entering any one of these intersections from a side street or a shopping area will have a minimal wait time before getting a green light. During the day, the minimum wait time will be longer to account for daytime traffic volume.
Speaking of volume, Zwijack said while drivers should notice more efficiency, heavy traffic days, such as Saturday mornings, or local rush hours, will still mean waiting. The project will not reduce traffic volume.
After the project is bid out, he hopes that weather and supply chain permitting, the work will start next September and be done by November.
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