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Pemberton,
NJ
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Township of Pemberton has installed an in-pavement lighting system from
the Traffic Safety Corporation. The system has been installed on Burlington
County Route 616 at an unsignalized crosswalk. This rural multilane roadway
with a posted speed limit of 45 mph has an elementary school on one side
and a middle school on the other. Prior to the installation of this system,
the measures in place included a high visibility crosswalk and advance signs
with flashers that are activated during the times when students would be
arriving at or leaving school. Even with these measures in place, the school
continued to report motorists failing to yield to pedestrians and "near
misses."
As a result, Burlington County has used funding from the NJ Division of
Highway Traffic Safety to install the in-pavement lighting system to hopefully
improve safety at the crosswalk by making motorists more aware of the presence
of the crosswalk and crossing pedestrians. The system is push-button activated
and includes nine in-pavement lights and new pedestrian crossing signs with
lights that flash imultaneously with the in-pavement lights. The county
is presently conducting an valuation of the effectiveness of the system.
For more information, contact Michael Nei, Assistant Traffic Engineer at
mnei@co.burlington.nj.us. |
