Long backups in Loxie Eagans rush
The in basket: Bernie Strub,, who works in the shipyard in Bremerton, wrote to say that the traffic westbound on Loxie Eagans Boulevard at National Avenue was backing up badly during the afternoon rush between 4 and 4:30 p.m. as workers like him head home and line up at the traffic signal.
It could mean a wait of three or four cycles through the green lights before he got through, with only about 10 seconds of green each time, he said. He didn’t notice the problem on the other three legs of the intersection or at other times of the day.
The out basket: The problem may have been corrected by now, and Jeff Shea, Kitsap County’s traffic engineer, thanks Bernie for bringing it to their attention. Jeff said on Dec. 4, that one of the traffic detectors in the pavement at the intersection had failed, and they had been unaware of it. “We’ve done a fix to remedy this problem,” he said. “We will be monitoring it to see if the fix is working.”
If it isn’t, that can be reported to the county’s Open Line (now being called Kitsap-One) at (360) 337-5777, as can any other problem a person suspects on a Kitsap County road.
Tags: Loxie Eagans, National, shipyard, traffic detector
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December 18th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
On the subject of detectors not working right.
The new light at 3 and Pioneer way has a problem. I have been watching the detector loop on Pioneer way and found that it is not picking up cars consistently. It will sometimes only let 3 cars go through the light before turning yellow even when a long string of cars are waiting.
What I have noticed is that if a long truck is one of the ones going through the light will quickly turn yellow and I think it is because the loop is not detecting the high undercarriage of the trailer. The other time I notice this is if several cars in a row turn right, they miss going over the loop and again it thinks no other cars are in line.
Perhaps what is needed is another loop set back about 50 feet or so that will see cars still in line waiting when one of the above happens.