Lighted stop sign adds visibility in hazardous intersection

New solar-powered stop signs add LEDs for emphasis at a hazardous intersection.

ANDY PORTER
WALLA WALLA UNION-BULLETIN

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Jeff Horner
A solar-powered, lighted stop sign at Wallula Road and Gose Street glows with great visability even in the dim, predawn light.
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WALLA WALLA -- Talk about a bright idea.

Ringed with bright red LEDs, two new stop signs at the intersection of Gose Street and Wallula Avenue now announce themselves to drivers from blocks away. The technological twist is intended to make sure motorists do what they should, i.e. see the sign and halt.

"Glad to hear the new stop signs grabbed your attention. That means they're doing what they are designed to do," Randy Glaeser, Walla Walla County public works director, said an email when asked about the flashy newcomers.

Glaeser said the new signs were installed Friday. They were the final project in a plan to improve traffic safety at eight different locations across the county.


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