City of Tallahassee is looking for $ 24 million to upgrade to weatherproof resistant owners – Newsbreak

• Talahassi city commissioners voted to apply for a federal grant of $ 24 million to upgrade all 360 steps in the city through the US Department of Transport.
• The upgrades would prevent interruptions during heavy weather and resistance to the future for smarter car technology.
• Watch now to hear neighbors respond to the opportunity.

Transmission transcript:

One of the many impacts of the difficult time you can encounter is traffic lights that stop working.

Well, city leaders are looking for green light to eliminate this problem.

I’m Alberto Kamargo in the center of Talahasi.

Digging in tens of millions that could come to the capital to
Dress part of our infrastructure.

The city of Talahasi says that the negative effects of borrowing malfunctions include more likely catastrophe and an increase in travel time.

I asked neighbors like Ken Jacobs, where they saw him most often.

“I’ve seen it around Capital Circle and Centerville, where they come out a lot in this region. And this causes a mess to move because people have a problem with four -way stops.”

The commissioners of the city city of Talahassi have made a move to prevent this in the future.

On Wednesday, they voted to apply for a grant of the US Department of Transport of about $ 24 million.

This is for a project called “Strengthening Tallahassee with stable traffic signals”.

The cost of upgrading over 360 traffic signals in the Talahassi area will cost nearly $ 30 million.

Local authorities will make up for the difference by a 20% match of about $ 4.7 million.

The plan is to divide this amount between the Ministry of Transport in Florida, Talahasi and Leon County.

Urban traffic manager Josh Holingsworth says that this will make the steps more resistant to meteorological effects, signal twice as large as battery backups and better communication systems.

This will make it able to handle the more intelligent car technologies in the future.

“So, we can guarantee reliable communications and reliable operations of our traffic signals. And ultimately, when we look at these emerging technologies, we have reliable data and the ability to make changes to our traffic signals based on those data that are reliable reliable and reliable.

Hollingsworth says new systems would also be upgraded to allow cars to communicate with traffic lights and provide safer traffic as a whole.

A new technique that is welcomed by Jacobs.

“Smart STPLIGHTS sound good. AI goes into everything, so I’m sure they look at it and use it to help help you.”

If the city receives a grant from the US Department of Transport, Holingsworth says the project will take about five years.
In the center of Talahasi, Alberto Kamargo, ABC27.