Traffic signals in operation on Ospika Boulevard
A new set of traffic signals is now in operation at the intersection of Ferry Avenue and Ospika Boulevard.
The City of Prince George aimed to upgrade the intersection since it was identified in the 2009 Transportation Network Study.
Since then, city administration has examined ways to encourage more motorists to travel to College Heights and area in the west of the city by driving south along Ospika Boulevard and then west on Tyner Boulevard.
The city says that the new traffic signals will allow for all left turns at the intersection to be permissive which means turning can occur on the green light when it is safe to do so.
“The ability to have safe left turn movements from Ferry Avenue onto Ospika Boulevard will be attractive to many drivers,” says Chris Vliegenthart, city supervisor of transportation and engineering.
“Ospika Boulevard provides a route parallel to Highway 16 between the bowl and subdivisions to the west. The city expects that the road network will see a positive change in current traffic flow and queuing. Particularly during peak commuting periods in the afternoon which currently occurs westbound on Ferry Avenue between Highway 16 and the Simon Fraser Bridge.”
The project cost $280,000 and ICBC contributed $30,500 towards the operation under the Road Improvement Program.