{"id":5462,"date":"2018-02-13T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2018-02-13T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:17:31","slug":"traffic-signal-work-40th-avenue-tieton-drive-affect-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/traffic-signal-work-40th-avenue-tieton-drive-affect-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Signal Work at 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive to Affect Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Traffic signals at the intersection of 40<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Avenue and Tieton Drive will be shut down for about three hours during the morning of Wednesday, February 14<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000\"> while a new signal cabinet is installed. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">While the project is underway from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on February 14th, traffic signals at 40<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000\"> Avenue and Tieton Drive will not be working. Temporary, four-way stop signs will be in place at the intersection and traffic will be restricted to one lane in each direction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The new cabinet will replace the existing one, which was damaged in a collision.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Drivers should be especially attentive while traveling through the project area and extend courtesy to other drivers passing through the intersection. Motorists are also reminded that the speed limit through all traffic-related works zones within the City of Yakima is 20 miles-per-hour. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">During the project, traffic delays in the area are likely to occur. Drivers should use alternate routes if possible until the project is completed.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Access to homes and businesses in the area will be maintained as best as possible.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">As always, the schedule for this type of a project is subject to change daily dependent on weather, equipment failure, and emergencies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;font-weight: normal\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">For additional information about this project, contact Streets and Traffic Operations Manager Joe Rosenlund at 576-6430.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Signal-Work-at-40th-Avenue-and-Tieton-Drive-News-Release-1.pdf\">Signal Work at 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic signals at the intersection of 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive will be shut down for about three hours during the morning of Wednesday, February 14th while a new signal cabinet is installed. While the project is underway from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm on February 14th, traffic signals at 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5464,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5462\/revisions\/5464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}