Downtown traffic signals still suffer from neglect
Chronicle transportation columnist Lucas Wall notes that the city is still having problems maintaining its downtown traffic/pedestrian signals:
The public works department, citing Houston's financial woes, still doesn't have a comprehensive system for maintaining traffic and pedestrian signals, officials said. Instead, it relies on citizen reports to the city's 311 complaint center and reports by city employees who notice signal outages.
"We want all drivers and pedestrians to be able to safely drive and walk the streets in Houston," Johnson said.
Mayor Bill White's administration has been discussing ways to improve maintenance of numerous items, Johnson said, but solutions require a budget that could allow for the hiring of more electricians and other technicians.
"It's still a work in progress," he said.
White has made improved transportation a major issue during his first year in office, including a implementing popular project to synchronize traffic signals on many of Houston's major thoroughfares. Through a spokesman, White declined to comment on the maintenance of pedestrian signals, saying public works officials will handle the matter.
Mayor White is probably too busy enriching the local developers providing the land for his downtown park to be bothered with such trifling matters as downtown traffic signals or HPD's manpower shortages.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 12/05/04 11:16 PM | Houston Life | Print | Comments (0)
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