A Lynnwood project to adjust traffic lights along Highway 99 and 196th Street SW, also known as Highway 524, to ease congestion and reduce driving times is still in the works.
Next up for the adaptive traffic signal system, which the city received a grant for a few years back, is selecting the appropriate software, said David Mach, in the city’s Public Works office. “So we haven’t implemented it yet. We’re getting closer, though.”
The city anticipates moving forward in 2015. When installed, the software is expected to improve things by 10 to 20 percent, Mach said. “But we’ll see as we install it how things are actually going.”
More than 18,000 drivers travel Highway 524 each day, city data show. Highway 99 in Lynnwood sees about 22,500 cars daily.
The traffic-signal project is expected to cost $472,500, paid for with federal highway grants.
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