Tom Brown - Veteran of the Year!

The DGL family is so proud of Tom Brown (our Client Relations Manager) as he is being named one of the 2014 Veterans of the Year! We are thankful to all who serve and have served our country, and are especially proud of Tom, a very well-respected friend and associate. He will be recognized on Saturday (May 17, 2014) as one of the ‘Veterans of the Year’ at Findlay’s Armed Forces Day Celebration!

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Oregon Awarded Funds for Road Improvements

The City of Oregon was recently notified that it will receive funding to improve Navarre Avenue, from I-280 to Isaac Streets Drive. The Safety Program Committee of the Ohio Department of Transpor­tation sent a letter to the City stating that its application for the construction of various enhancements along Navarre and at the junctures of Dearborn, Munding, Wheeling, and Isaac Streets has been approved for funding. The City, with the assistance of DGL Consulting Engineers, submitted the request for funding to ODOT to reduce the incidence of traffic accidents along the heavily traveled road.

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Time Ticking By for Municipalities Required to Comply with Changes to Federal & State MUTCD

Whether or not you are aware of it, significant modifications have been made to standards and requirements for traffic signals in both the Federal and Ohio Manuals on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). While many of the changes do not include compliance dates, two sections that do contain target dates are worthy of the attention of every municipality. Updates to the Yellow Change, Red Clearance and Pedestrian Intervals require compliance within five years of the revision date (June 13, 2012) or when timing adjustments are made, whichever occurs first. While this five year window may seem large, some of the upgrades will require long-term planning, particularly in areas where the volume of traffic and the number of pedestrians are at high levels.

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