City Says It Will Change New Timed Traffic Signals to Trip-Signals in the Spring

Right now, the North Main Street traffic signals are timed, causing some driving frustrations

If you've a little peeved about the timed traffic signals along North Main Street, just remember: they won't be that way for long. One North Canton resident blogged about the inconvenience of the new timed signals this week — specifically the signal at North Main Street and Wilbur Drive — saying, "I travel that area frequently and I never could understand the need for this signal originally, and it has now been compounded by placing it on timed activation." City Administrator Mike Grimes said the timed activation will change to a tripped-activation in the spring. The city had turned the four-lane road into five lanes through the North Main Street Reconstruction Project, and workers didn't get around to changing the traffic signals before …

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BLOG: New Traffic Improvements at North Main Street Need Some Adjusting

A new traffic "improvement" on North Main Street hinders the flow of traffic instead of helping it, writes one North Canton Patch reader

LOOK: Car Gets Stuck on 4-Foot Retaining Wall in North Main Street Construction Area

An East Canton woman found herself stuck on the retaining wall after misjudging the entrance to a North Main Street shopping plaza

A driver who mistook an entrance to the shopping plaza near North Main and Applegrove Street found herself stuck on a newly constructed four-foot retention wall about 6:22 p.m. Thursday. "She mistook where the the entrance to the shopping center was, and she just failed to notice she was driving off the wall," said North Canton Police Sgt. Douglas A. Cardwell that day. "It’s well marked but her reasoning was she saw where they’ve been making the retaining wall there, and most of it is a little bit above the sidewalk, but in that particular area it’s still flat with the sidewalk." The woman — Terry J. Burns, 58, of East Canton — wasn't injured but was cited with failure to control. Cardwell said her car, a 1985 Buick LeSabre, wasn't damaged…

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Is North Main Street Construction on Schedule?

City Engineer Jim Benekos gives a rundown of what work has been done and what's left to do

Here's some good news: North Main Street Reconstruction Phase 6 is actually running ahead of schedule. Does that make the trek up and down Main Street any less bumpy? Or the wait at traffic lights any less irritating?  Perhaps not. But the news might offer some consolation to those who are worrying whether the construction will be completed before the weather takes a turn for the worst. "Winter weather is a concern, and it is factored in," City Engineer Jim Benekos said about the five-month project that began in mid-July. "We’re still hopeful we’ll be done before the snow flies." The end result is wider lanes as well as create a center turn lane to help those trying to turn into the parking lots for businesses like Grinders Above and …

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