The following is an ‘Ask The Mayor’ question submitted to TLS, and the Mayor’s response. Email your questions for the Mayor to [email protected].

Question:

Ty for your services, Mr. Mayor. Driving down Arlington toward Cedar Bridge, it becomes difficult to make a left onto Cedar Bridge because traffic on Cedar Bridge backs up when there is a red light on Vine and Cedar Bridge. It would be helpful to have a traffic box painted at the intersection of Arlington and Cedar Bridge, and a sign explaining, “DO NOT BLOCK THE BOX,” for drivers unfamiliar with the term.
Ty

Response from Mayor Coles:

That sounds like a good idea. I will ask our engineer to work with the county to see if they will give the ok for it

Thanks for writing

Ray

Question:

Dear Mr Mayor,
Thank you for being so accessible regarding all our concerns! We’re really enjoying the new lane pattern by Rt 9 and Central. I do feel bad for those living off Central before Sunset and it is annoying when drivers still try to make a left turn where they’re not allowed to… but this change has literally cut travel time by 10-15 minutes! So we’re grateful for that. The right turn lane onto Prospect from Rt 9 southbound is also great. However, the left turn signal from Rt 9 to Pine and James seems to slow down traffic. When traveling southbound on Rt 9, traffic often backs up all the way to Central because the left turn signal onto James street significantly shortens the green light for going straight on Rt 9 southbound. Anything that can be done to fix this and make it quicker to get down Rt 9 southbound, just as it has been majorly improved to get down Rt 9 northbound would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!

Response from Mayor Coles:

Good morning

We are still working with the state to address the bottleneck & turning lane situation from Pine to 88.

Ray
Question:

Hi, since the change of traffic pattern at the intersection of the county line rd and ridge traffic light traffic has been a disaster and backed up till onyx lane! It was working just fine before anyone made any changes to the traffic pattern. I’ve also noticed that the traffic light is only green for 20 seconds going from county line to lanes mills and vice versa. I’d appreciate if you can look into this disturbance. Thank you

Response from Mayor Coles:

Good afternoon. This is my neighborhood as well and I’m very familiar with it. The county installed the turn signals to alleviate a serious problem. They put them in earlier than planned, while final designs for the intersections were completed. They will be adding and extending the right turn lane onto Ridge South. The township gave them the property several years ago. I believe they are working with the developer of the new school to get the work done.

Thanks

Ray

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